Breaking News: Roof is blown off Carrickmines Manor

[kerrynorth]

I know this development is referred to frequently on the Pin so I put this up as a separate thread. According to RTE a major emergency plan has been activated after the roof from three blocks of this development came off earlier this morning. No details as of yet.

[The_Unwelcome_Guest]

Look, it’s not difficult people…

Banana Republic → Property

Central Bank → Finance

Soup → Politics

Any issues with the names, take it up with OW, for the love of jaysus…

[Homemaker]

Sad news for residents. I’m sure the VIs are wishing this news story metaphorically related to the prices

[Howitzer]

independent.ie/breaking-news … 53194.html

Didn’t the exact same thing happen last year, in the same general area, when there was a big gust of wind?

I don’t suppose the question of who put those roofs on will be asked? Ah now, shure it’s the wind’s fault.

Edit, more quotes.

rte.ie/news/2009/1125/weather.html

According to eyewitness David Cooney, gardaí have a cordon across the entrance to the complex.

The buildings are being evacuated until they can all be assessed.

Mr Cooney says he did not see any debris around - just the roof ‘clean off’ the building.

He is also living in a top floor apartment in the complex and says his building felt ‘pretty shaky’ this morning.

[Open_Window]

Dublin Airport was also affected by the winds, with gusts up to 50 knots on the main runway.

Ten planes were diverted from the capital, with air traffic controllers sending flights on to Shannon and Manchester.

An airport spokeswoman said the delays were having a knock-on effect but urged all passengers to arrive as normal.

Forecasters at Met Eireann warned that south-west winds would gust 100-120kph in exposed places.

Caused by the roof or weather?

[KD1]

Theres no place like home.

[Homemaker]

Funny, one of the banner ads when I was reading this page was for some bank with a pair of red shoes…

I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas

[mambo]

RTE report
rte.ie/news/2009/1125/weather.html

[BeTheHokey]

“Nobody told us about the wind”.

[BeTheHokey]

RTÉ have a pic:

https://dynimg.rte.ie/0002c81810dr.jpg

[The_Unwelcome_Guest]

Are roofs covered by homebond? Probably not!

[superpiper]

funny enough,

My engineer spotted that Mcinerneys had not tied the roof into the building on my (newly built) house (2002) and had them provide physical and documentory proof that they had remedied the situation.

This was to get the homebond cert, as it is deemed a structurally significant part of the the house.

Of, course, this does not mean anybody will be getting compo in this situation

I remember being quite adamant that the aparent fault would need to be corrected…

[verbatim]

@The Unwelcome Guest

Are roofs covered by homebond? Probably not!

Development is covered by the Premier Guarantee Scheme.

carrickminesmanor.com/features.htm

Constructed by Pierse.

[Coles2]

Image from RTE news story.
https://dynimg.rte.ie/0002c81810dr.jpg

Looks like the roof from one of these blocks.
https://mediacache-s3eu.daft.ie/v56UJpNMjZiwAWJwJrs4sP9EYYYS1FgzHgT2rTKOfW1tPWRhZnQmZT00MDB4MzAw.jpg

[Howitzer]

From 2006

askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=38948

Hi, I was a little bit worried about Carrickmines Manor - viewed them on a wet sunday 2 weeks ago and the leaks in the show apartment were pretty serious - one of the bedrooms, the floor between the bed and the cupboard was soaked, the ceiling was wet through, and in the lounge they even put a bowl to catch the drips!

I’d be very concerned about the finish quality of them - if thats the standard of the show apartment, what are the rest going to be like??

Don’t mean to spook you, but they are very expensive for what you get, very high density.

I didn’t ask the sales agents because a) I’m not looking to buy, and b) I don’t like listening to their guff. The leaks were really bad, I honestly don’t know why they allowed the show apartments to open that day, maybe they’re desparate to shift them?? You should go out and have another look, esp if this weekend is wet… (although they may have patched them up - look at the ceilings, thats the giveaway sign)

I’m not sure what the reputation of the builders are, but as regards to the roof terrace on the 3 bed duplex, I thought of first year Geography class and the reason why the vast majority of buildings in Ireland have sloped roof’s as opposed to flat roof’s!

[Open_Window]

[The_Unwelcome_Guest]

Simple fix.

The penthouses are now roof gardens.

NAMA, trying to put a floor under property that the roof won’t even stay on.

[Poacher]

@The Unwelcome Guest

Simple fix.

The penthouses are now roof gardens.

NAMA, trying to put a floor under property that the roof won’t even stay on.

[iguana]

How far did the roof blow? It’s a good thing it was an empty field and not an area that had been built on. This storm is great for non-owners to be able to assess where to never, ever buy a house. I have now added any well built houses in the immediate vicinity of new developments to my list as I don’t want their roof falling on me.

[verbatim]

With the flooding, and now the roofs blowing off, first floor apartment owners are finally having their day in the sun.