well designed apartment with reasonable space in Southern Dublin Area?

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Hi All

I'm a new user of this really interesting forum :)
I'm Italian and what I've noticed is that Irish people think that apartment are not suitable for families is simply because.....in Dublin apartments usually are not well designed for families! They are usually small cubicles in which you feel like in prison with the difference that you payed hundreds of $$$ for that and you don't have free food!

Now my question. Can anybody suggest me which are well designed apartment with reasonable space in Southern Dublin Area?
I mean with this :

--minimum 80sqm (86sqfeet) for 2 bedroom apt
--minimum 90sqm (97sqfeet) for 3 bedroom apartment

I start this thread with a suggestion:
.....the only well designed apartment I've seen up to now
was in Clon Brugh Aiken Village Sandyford, 998sqfeet 2 bed


Thank you!
 
Re: Suggestion for well designed apartments....

I agree that Aiken's village has some decent sized apartments. My brother and his wife have a three bed there and it's over 1000sq ft. It could easily house a family with one/two small kids. The only disadvantage is the lack of garden when the kids were older.
 
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Im not sure of your criteria for well design but I believe some of the new apartments in Beacon South Quarter are above 80sq m.

You also have a childrens' museum on your doorstop so good for families..
 
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SLS said:
Im not sure of your criteria for well design but I believe some of the new apartments in Beacon South Quarter are above 80sq m.

You also have a childrens' museum on your doorstop so good for families..
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I've been yesterday viewing a 2 bed apt at the Beacon and must I say it looks like a 4 star hotel. How could you live (with a family) inside an hotel room? :confused:
 
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Have you had a look at Parkview in Stepaside they have 3 bed apartments that are up to 1,270 sq. ft.
 
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The only apartments I've lived in that I would consider suitable for a family would be Monastery Heath Court in Clondalkin. Although, i think they're more duplexes than apartments (no lobbys, lifts etc) and they're only 2 storeys high. I lived in a downstairs apt (2 bed) for 2 years with lovely grounds outside the door. You'd actually forget that it is an apartment and not a house at times (in fact most of the time:) ) For families I'd go for a downstairs apt towards the front of the estate (not the ones under the 3 bed duplex houses - they're smaller and not as well laid out - but of course they're cheaper). I think it was about 80sqm or slightly more. the upstairs ones are slightly smaller 'cos they lose space with the stairs and balconies. I guess they were more generously laid out, with more greenspace 'cos they were built just before the boom. There's no way a developer would build them now (they'd probably try to cram 4 times as many apts into the same area).
 
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Legin said:
T For families I'd go for a downstairs apt towards the front of the estate... The upstairs ones are slightly smaller 'cos they lose space with the stairs and balconies. I guess they were more generously laid out, with more greenspace 'cos they were built just before the boom. There's no way a developer would build them now (they'd probably try to cram 4 times as many apts into the same area).
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Agree mostly with that, lived there for 3 years. Although as I bought a first floor one by choice I would personally much prefer them! Their layout is different to the ground floor apt. The big plus being the hallway to give more of a house feel. Plus a huge attic for storage.
Of course if you were on the ground floor you would feel that the common gardens were your own private garden outside your window, so benefits to both.
They are far bigger than recent apts builds, and there is more green space & parking than any current developments.
 
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DaithiOg said:
Plus a huge attic for storage.
Of course if you were on the ground floor you would feel that the common gardens were your own private garden outside your window, so benefits to both.
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Forgot all about the attic space in the upstairs apts! I think someone has actually converted their attic in one of the apts. Definitely balances things out.

There was an upstairs apt and a downstairs one for sale when we were buying. we preferred being downstairs (sick of walking up and down stairs in our previous apt). But that was just personal choice. Guess that's what it will always come down to in the end - personal preference. Must admit though that if I had not already known what the area was like I would probably have opted for an upstairs one. However, since i had lived in Monastery for a long time before, I knew how safe it was and was happy to live on the ground floor. Probably wouldn't have done this anywhere else though.
 
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