Continuing my look at different types of homes in Ireland, this week I travel to Kildare. The counties surrounding Dublin, including Kildare have experienced a massive population growth in the last 10 to 15 years. As property in Dublin became too expensive for workers on average wages, more and more people, especially young married couples started buying houses in towns like Naas, Navan, Drogheda and Wicklow. And Property Developers spotting the potential snapped up large plots of land and built new housing estates to cater for the demand. Unfortunately, there was very little employment in those towns and so a vast area surrounding Dublin became known as "The Commuter Belt", with thousands of workers commuting to jobs in Dublin daily, mostly by private car because of the absense of reliable public transport.
The houses in the new estates are usually 3 Bed semi-detached, and most estates have very limited facilities, usually just a small corner shop, sometimes a very small shopping centre, so that a car is a necessity for going to the nearest town.
The above houses are in Morell Estate in Naas.
The houses in the new estates are usually 3 Bed semi-detached, and most estates have very limited facilities, usually just a small corner shop, sometimes a very small shopping centre, so that a car is a necessity for going to the nearest town.
The above houses are in Morell Estate in Naas.
3 comments:
That's interesting. Our suburbs have grown up on the outskirts of town much like that. Except in America stores and shops pop up everywhere people are.
I think this development is very common all across Europe and the bigger metropolitan areas.
I like these house though. They seem to still be built of brick and have fireplaces.;))
Reminds me of home - at least in parts. Good pictures, especially the one of the Bentley. Drooled over that one.
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