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FOLLOWING THE ROUTE of the Royal Canal west from Dublin through north Kildare, the M4 corridor is a popular area with first-time home buyers.
Combining convenient access to the capital with the charm of the Kildare countryside and a number of thriving towns, the region stands out for its transport links with both motorway and railway on the doorstep.
New-built homes are now on the market at two developments in the area: Barnhall Meadows in Leixlip, and Ledwill Park at Kilcock, both from Glenveagh Homes.
Family homes at Ledwill Park start at €299,950 for two-bedroom homes. Properties at Barnhall Meadows – close by the site of the iconic Wonderful Barn – start at €325k. Three-bedroom homes can be yours from €400k and four-bedroom properties from €475k.
Live in a thriving community at Ledwill Park
Roughly 35km west of Dublin city centre, Ledwill Park is a short stroll from Kilcock town centre, where new residents can enjoy a quiet drink in the local pub, breakfast in an award-winning cafe, or delicious French cuisine in the local bistro.
For those travelling further, the M4 interchange is less than five minutes away by car and Kilcock train station a ten-minute walk from the development. The rail journey from here to Dublin Connolly is about 45 minutes.
Homes at Ledwill Park have been designed to make the most of natural light, with bright and spacious rooms designed for modern living. Key features include fitted contemporary kitchens by Gallagher Kitchens, Shaker-style wardrobes and cobblelock driveways.
Each home is powered by a heat pump system which is thermostatically controlled, and properties are all A-rated. Buyers can find out more or register their interest here.
Make the most of nature at Barnhall Meadows
A little closer to the capital, a wide selection of homes is also currently available at Barnhall Meadows in Leixlip. The development sits on the edge of the famous Castletown Estate, a 550-acre site with gardens and parkland all open to the public. Supermarkets, schools and restaurants are close at hand in the thriving towns of Leixlip and Celbridge.
The M4 offers easy access to the M50 and brings residents to Dublin city centre in 30 minutes off-peak. Commuters can also avail of regular trains from Louisa Bridge and Confey stations and multiple Dublin Bus routes.
This phase includes properties in the Beech, Hornbeam and Holly styles – all beautiful three or four-bed semi-detached homes – along with a selection of other sizes and house types.
With ample gardens and parking, an A-rating for energy efficiency, stylish contemporary kitchens designed by BeSpace, and all walls, joinery and doors finished to the highest standard, homes at Barnhall Meadows have plenty to offer aspiring buyers.
There are multiple sports facilities in the area, from golfing to athletics to GAA. Scoil Mhuire, San Carlo Junior School and Leixlip Educate Together primary are all within easy access, along with creches and preschools for younger family members.
Take a 360-degree virtual tour of Barnhall Meadows here:
https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=DPoyVGYvFgV
Older students will be close to Confey College, Leixlip Community School, and Coláiste Chiaráin. Maynooth University is a 15 minute drive away, and UCD and DCU are accessible via regular public transport links. Buyers can find out more or register their interest here.
Glenveagh Homes understands that buying a home is possibly the biggest decision you will ever make in your life – but we want to make it your easiest. That’s why we produce high-quality homes in great areas at competitive prices. Click here to find out more about other Glenveagh developments.
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Settings -> Personalization -> Make sure “occasionally show suggestions in Start” is switched to Off.
No ads in start menu.
Until they remove the option or an update sets it to “Default”
I upgraded to it and about an hour later downgraded back to windows 7, way too many apps for my liking, keep it to what you know #simple
And I thought I was the only one. I really disliked Windows 10 so much I’ve decided to completely convert to Apple.
You will find OS X very frustrating then. You will experience many many problems on the Mac that never seem to make it the press. Also, constant pressure to take the free OS upgrades that frequently means that some of your apps need to be upgraded at cost. Mac computers slow down FASTER than Windows and there is little you can do about it. I write this as I use both systems every day. Enjoy hating Windows 10 for now. In a years time you I’ll enjoy hating OSX.
Windows 10 is a disaster and when I tried to change back to Windows 7 whole system crashed!
Noel. Did you ring Windows support team?
Well there was always going to be a catch with free software, but it’s still a bit despicable that the start menu is going to consist mainly of promoted apps that they want you to download.
Just use Linux Mint
While Mint is shiny and lovely, and would be my default choice, one word kills it…
Games!
This will be microsoft last major version of windows. All future versions will be done through minor upgrades to Windows 10. Once Windows 7 and maybe 8 go end of life, Windows 10 will become software as a service and you will be forced by mickiesoft to pay a subscription to continue using it.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/05/08/microsoft-windows-10-last-windows/#22c1a9c968de
As with all computer software products. Apple will be best at it.
That’s when they will slowly die, they’re making their money for other services that they offer like office 365 and OneDrive, yes SaaS is the way forward that is cloud computing and vendors love it as it kills piracy straight out since everything is on their servers but can’t see an OS succeeding in that when you look at Linux is open source and Apple OS is free as well.
What makes you think that ?
They are best at closed systems. MS just learning from them.
Remember the time Linux Mint got hacked? http://www.safetyonline.info/?p=490. You’d want to hope this won’t happen again!
Nothing is a 100% secure
Steam..
I still have windows 7 on my laptop.
That’s nice. And what did you have for lunch?
Hopefully his lunch wasn’t from 2009 like his OS.
Maybe the wine was.
People who prefer windows 7 to 10 really have fundamental misunderstanding of what makes a decent OS. And honestly, how many people open their start menu for more than a few seconds to start typing the command they want?
Jesus people will complain about anything.
Welcome to Ireland. Let me introduce you to the locals…
Who has forgotten that the customer is always right?
Have windows 7 ultimate 64bit. The most stable Microsoft OS since 2000 professional. I won’t be upgrading, thanks.
Yet another reason I went to Mac. MS sucks!!!!!!
You went to Mac with its massively overpriced hardware instead of just throwing Linux Mint (or whatever distro you like) onto your IBM spec machine??
Well done you.
You will find the Apple OS X will mirror the problems you had with MS, with some very poor software to boot. :) Enjoy. When saving a file on an Apple OS X app try navigating through folders! Good luck with it. O yes, you will do what all OS X users do, quietly buy an app for 30euro to make it easier. If MS Windows has the same poor navigation system the world would be up-in-arms. As its Apple OS X – well better not say a word. Good luck with the free OS X updates. You find that some of your apps will no longer work or at best you will need to pay to update them. Noa word to anyone. Good luck with all the small add-ons you have to buy. Good luck with stopping iPhotos from taking over all your images whether you like it or not. Good luck with trying to write a long document in Pages or create a spreadsheet in Numbers. All LEGO apps in my mind. Put a few folders and loose files on your Desktop and watch OS X slow down. OS X wants pretty much everthing put in the Documents folder. its all ahead of you. All the MS moaners on the Journal should try a week on a Apple PC. They may not find it worst than MS Windows, just different but with its only set of issues that Apple OS X users prefer to remain silent about.
I haven’t found ANY of those problems Paul, seriously. I switched from PC to Mac over 6 years ago and have never looked back. If you want to learn how to fix a computer, buy a PC. If you want to learn now to use a computer, then buy a Mac. I worked in IT with PC’s for over 10 years, never want to use one again if I can avoid it. Different strokes for different folks I suppose. XP and 7 were good OS’s. 8 and 10 are horrible.
I tried Windows 10 but hate it & return to 8 thought I keep getting 10 request every time I open it. Like harassment. I plan switch to Apple laptop because I’ve iPad & iPhone those performances were brilliant!
Google it. It gives you instructions to delete files and stop notifications. Can watch tutorial on you tube!
It’s worth the time and effort!
I too hate windows 10 and reverted back to Windows 8. Had to go all technical to stop Windows from sending me update to Windows 10 requests
Hi Lily. Would you be able to tell me how u stopped the requests or is it really technical? I’m not going to upgrade, I’m very happy with Windows 7, so would love the requests to stop.
Like to buy my 99 Mercury then?
Mercedes……
Sorry was at work, I did make a comment below about googling it (that’s what I did) and followed instructions, I don’t have a clue what I did so explaining it would be a bit hard. Did that about 3 months ago and not one single update.
That’s grand – I’ll have a go at google and see how it goes. Thanks :-)
I’m sticking with 7 for as long as possible, then I’m switching to Linux. Probably Ubuntu.
I wonder if I deleted the right registry key then???
6 year old Dell Latitude running Win 10 on a SSD (€50) & using open DNS for browsing (UPC DNS causes lag), it’s the fastest pc I have ever used & won’t be changing anytime soon!
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