Would you recommend Park West to live in

[SpiritusContraSpiritum]

Thinking of buying an apartment in Park West.

Be honest, what's it like?

 

[shortstop]

Relatively quiet and safe, apartments are generally quite big. Only downside I can think of is not much options for broadband which is currently driving me crazy Imagine wimax is c.€40 per month for only 8Mb and it rarely reaches that speed. Last I checked, Smart don't provide wifi (need separate wireless router which was a nightmare to set up when I was with them.

 

[SpiritusContraSpiritum]

Relatively quiet and safe, apartments are generally quite big. Only downside I can think of is not much options for broadband which is currently driving me crazy Imagine wimax is c.€40 per month for only 8Mb and it rarely reaches that speed. Last I checked, Smart don't provide wifi (need separate wireless router which was a nightmare to set up when I was with them.

Soooo I take it there's no upc / eircom / sky ????

Speaking of which, what's the tv situation? A monopoly type system like in other apartment blocks around the city?

 

[walking life]

Used to be a monopoly situation with the dreaded Smartvision, but a few years back a communial dish was installed so now Sky is avaliable.

Parkwest advantages:
1. Generous sized apartments.
2. Good security.
3. Good public transport options.

Disadvantages:
1. Limited parking - officially 1 allocated car space per apartment, irrespective of whether it is a 1, 2 or 3 bed.
2. Lack of local shops - there is a Spar a short walk away but it has limited Saturday hours and is closed on sunday.
3. I'm an owner-occupier surrounded by rental apartments and up until 2011 I did have an issue with excessive noise from some neighbouring apartments, but I have had almost no problems since then.

 

[SpiritusContraSpiritum]

Used to be a monopoly situation with the dreaded Smartvision, but a few years back a communial dish was installed so now Sky is avaliable.

Parkwest advantages:
1. Generous sized apartments.
2. Good security.
3. Good public transport options.

Disadvantages:
1. Limited parking - officially 1 allocated car space per apartment, irrespective of whether it is a 1, 2 or 3 bed.
2. Lack of local shops - there is a Spar a short walk away but it has limited Saturday hours and is closed on sunday.
3. I'm an owner-occupier surrounded by rental apartments and up until 2011 I did have an issue with excessive noise from some neighbouring apartments, but I have had almost no problems since then.

Cool, thanks for the reply, and for the honesty. So there is the option of sky tv? What about broadband services?

 

[walking life]

Yes - sky is an option. You simply ring up their local agents and a guy will turn up with a drill (to make a small hole for the wire connection) a Sky box and card and you are connected. I don't use Sky anymore as I wanted to save money but at the time (about 1.5 years ago) it was costing me 55 euros a month for the full TV package plus movies.

I use Digiweb for my broadband - they are the current incarnation of Smart. I'm not a heavy net user, just the occasional download from itunes so I find the broadband speeds fine for me. I've no idea on broadband options as i've never bothered with anyone else.

 

[concertcol]

Relatively quiet and safe, apartments are generally quite big. Only downside I can think of is not much options for broadband which is currently driving me crazy Imagine wimax is c.€40 per month for only 8Mb and it rarely reaches that speed. Last I checked, Smart don't provide wifi (need separate wireless router which was a nightmare to set up when I was with them.

Digiweb do 25mb Broadband with wireless router in parkwest. I work from home and find it reliable.