8 Seafield Close, Blackrock. WIW? Renovation costs?

kuartan · **Joined:** Sep 8, 2011 **Posts:** 108

The schools are the ones in Booterstown:
- for girls (catholic) Our Lady of Mercy Girls School, Booterstown
- and for boys, St. Mary’s Boys National School, Booterstown

Aloysius · **Joined:** Sep 8, 2008 **Posts:** 833

kuartan wrote:

The schools are the ones in Booterstown:
- for girls (catholic) Our Lady of Mercy Girls School, Booterstown
- and for boys, St. Mary’s Boys National School, Booterstown

We are not RC so don't know if getting in to either of those would be possible.

Conor · **Posted:** Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:36 am

Aloysius wrote:

We are not RC so don't know if getting in to either of those would be possible.

Ain't that a can of worms. The admissions policy of the girls school doesn't make pretty reading:

http://ourladyofmercy.ie/admissions_policy.html

Quote:

1. Priority is given to siblings of pupils who are attending - or have completed their primary education in- Our Lady of Mercy Convent School, Booterstown or St. Mary's BNS, Booterstown; to Catholic children of Booterstown and Merrion Rd. parishes (including children of the Travelling Community resident within the parish); and to children of staff members serving in either Our Lady of Mercy Convent School, Booterstown and/or in St. Mary's BNS, Booterstown.
2. Catholic children who live outside the parish and do not have a Catholic national school in their parish are offered the next available places.
3. All children who live within the parish boundaries of Booterstown and/or Merrion Rd. but are not Catholic applying for a placement are entitled to a place if there are vacancies in the school after the groups from (1) and (2) have been allocated places.
4. All other children who apply to the school are entitled to a place if there are vacancies in the school after the groups from (1) to (3) have been allocated places.

So catholic kids OUTSIDE the parish can have priority over non-catholic kids WITHIN the parish. Welcome to inclusive Ireland.

With the boys school you need to request an application to get their enrolment policy - which doesn't bode well.
http://stmarysbooterstown.ie/index.php? ... &Itemid=57

Ruari Quinn - get your finger out.

Aloysius · **Joined:** Sep 8, 2008 **Posts:** 833

Conor, don't get me started

my daughter is in a lovely ET school now, almost puts me off moving at all!

inregionof · **Joined:** Apr 28, 2010 **Posts:** 493

Aloysius wrote:

YorkieBar wrote:

Aloysius wrote:

I could only do a 150k job if I got it well below asking. I would want to do a big job on it. I am not crazy on the location so it would have to be fabulous when I'd finished with it for it to appeal to me.

Hi Aloysius......I dont have clue, dont mind me, it might be less.

However, how large would you want the house to be?

not large particularly, just a single story full width extension but a nice one and I'd like to do a job on the whole house to a high standard.

I'm in the middle of something similar, if your looking for a high standard think you need to budget the €150k.

Skippy 3 · **Joined:** May 12, 2012 **Posts:** 105

Conor wrote:

Aloysius wrote:

We are not RC so don't know if getting in to either of those would be possible.

Ain't that a can of worms. The admissions policy of the girls school doesn't make pretty reading:

http://ourladyofmercy.ie/admissions_policy.html

Quote:

1. Priority is given to siblings of pupils who are attending - or have completed their primary education in- Our Lady of Mercy Convent School, Booterstown or St. Mary's BNS, Booterstown; to Catholic children of Booterstown and Merrion Rd. parishes (including children of the Travelling Community resident within the parish); and to children of staff members serving in either Our Lady of Mercy Convent School, Booterstown and/or in St. Mary's BNS, Booterstown.
2. Catholic children who live outside the parish and do not have a Catholic national school in their parish are offered the next available places.
3. All children who live within the parish boundaries of Booterstown and/or Merrion Rd. but are not Catholic applying for a placement are entitled to a place if there are vacancies in the school after the groups from (1) and (2) have been allocated places.
4. All other children who apply to the school are entitled to a place if there are vacancies in the school after the groups from (1) to (3) have been allocated places.

So catholic kids OUTSIDE the parish can have priority over non-catholic kids WITHIN the parish. Welcome to inclusive Ireland.

With the boys school you need to request an application to get their enrolment policy - which doesn't bode well.
http://stmarysbooterstown.ie/index.php? ... &Itemid=57

Ruari Quinn - get your finger out.

They are all like that. The child who has not had water splashed on their head is bottom of the pile for CoI and RC schools. Sometimes proximity to the school helps but not always. Educate Together is fine but they are few and far between and they do not positively discriminate in favour of non-baptised children. So a strategic baptism is the only way for a lot of people who never go near a church.

Regarding the house I wouldn't underestimate just how nice the location is. A short commute to city centre/IFSC/Sandyford and a quiet, safe area for kids. UCD is close which is essentially a large public park at weekends and during the summer.

Landlord · **Joined:** Aug 10, 2010 **Posts:** 2565

1 Seafield Close Sale Agreed with an asking price in excess of €400k (BER F) on 28-8-12
http://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochu ... in/1988664

8 Seafield Close is also Sale Agreed (unsure of date) BER G

ariidae · **Joined:** Jan 27, 2012 **Posts:** 88

Landlord wrote:

1 Seafield Close Sale Agreed with an asking price in excess of €400k (BER F) on 28-8-12

Crikey €400k - I went to see this one and thought it truely awful.

Landlord · **Joined:** Aug 10, 2010 **Posts:** 2565

The actual asking price was €435k as per collapso

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