“It still feels amazing. It’s like the first day we were here, every day.” – Three years on, and Lorraine is still in love with her new build

On a sunny working day again in June 2019, initially-time buyer Lorraine Boland collected the keys to her aspiration dwelling in the heart of Navan.

fter many years of leasing, Lorraine and her partner Darren decided to shift again in with Lorraine’s father when they saved and acquired house loan prepared. They envisioned to continue to be there for at least a year, but destiny experienced other designs for the relatives. 

What commenced as a curious pay a visit to to an open home in a recently built Glenveagh estate quickly turned into the acquire of their desire property. Three yrs on, Lorraine nevertheless can not think she identified her desire property. 

“Has it hit you but?” I requested through the initially couple of minutes of our simply call. 

“No!” she replied instantly, “I nevertheless wake up and feel, ‘is this mine?’

“We had been leasing, and we moved again to my dad’s for six months. We imagined we would be there for a year to help save. Then we bought the Assistance To Purchase (HTB) plan, and the ball just started to roll. The following detail we realized, we were being in the home. We could not imagine it. We ended up so blessed to get in prior to covid.”

Lorraine praises the HTB scheme for supporting them reach their goal of starting to be owners. The incentive scheme for very first-time assets purchasers gives capable applicants a share of their deposit based on the 4 tax several years prior to application. 

“They gave us virtually 50 percent of our deposit, which was unreal. It was such a assistance.” 

The 7 days Lorraine’s application was granted, there was an open up property in the place they had been hoping to buy.  

“It was Mother’s Working day in 2019, and my partner was at function, so my son and I said we might go up and appear.”

It was enjoy at to start with sight and the dwelling experienced the 1 non-negotiable on Lorraine and Darren’s checklist – a sunny south dealing with yard. 

“Setting up was starting off on the new row, and they had south-struggling with gardens, so I chanced it and set my name down. There hadn’t been numerous new builds in the past several many years all-around Navan. This was the first just one, and it was in the location we wished. We were being like, ‘we really like it!’

“My sister-in-regulation labored in the financial institution, so we contacted her, and she bought the ball rolling on the house loan. About six months afterwards, we owned the house.”

Like most persons waiting around to get the keys to their new home, Lorraine was comprehensive of pleasure, “We held coming up every night and wanting into the residence.”

They squandered no time as soon as they acquired their keys, shifting in that incredibly exact working day. 

“We went and got our mattress from my dad’s dwelling. We experienced no blinds or floors, but we have been like, ‘we’re remaining right here tonight!’. 

“It’s a thing you really don’t know if you will ever do in your lifetime, and then when it transpires… It is some achievement.”

A new chapter

“It really is like it was intended to be”, I say to her as she points out how the excitement is just as actual currently as it was in 2019.

“Sure! Unquestionably! It nonetheless feels incredible. It can be like the initial day we were below, each and every working day. I just liked it so a lot.

“You will find an awesome park just five minutes across the highway that I go to every single day with the puppy. There are playgrounds and soccer fields, and we are only a couple of minutes from the city centre.”

As properly as obtaining a home near to relatives, the Bolands gained a group of neighbours and buddies. 

“Our people are neighborhood. My husband’s moms and dads are two minutes absent, and my dad is 5 minutes absent, so this space is where we wanted to remain. 

“The couple future doorway is pretty. They generally convey us in a gift at Christmas, and we give them just one back. It’s great to have that comfort.”

Glenveagh estates are perfectly regarded for their summer months parties, where by neighbours come alongside one another for BBQs, capture-ups and family enjoyable. Lorraine recollects the to start with a person she went to and says she hopes to go to a single this summertime. 

“It was remarkable. The climate was stunning, and we experienced sumo wrestler suits, bouncing castles, deal with painting, songs all working day and foods vehicles. Anyone introduced in a pony, and the young ones rode all-around on him. Even when the entertainment stopped, the mothers and fathers ended up however sitting out in their blankets on the green until ten o clock that evening. It was just lovely to see.”

Lorraine suggests that apart from organising amazing social situations, Glenveagh provides continual assist to the neighborhood. 

“They’re terrific to be in get in touch with with. I really feel like I fell on my toes with Glenveagh. They are just so personable. It really is fantastic to be ready to rely on them.” 

Settling in

As Lorraine reflects on the rewards of obtaining a new make, she has a single most important piece of information for other to start with-time prospective buyers. 

“Make positive you never settle. You may find what you want. It can be out there.”

Lorraine and Darren made a decision to choose their time and take pleasure in the process of making their new household a property. 

“You’re likely in with a blank canvas. You can do anything from scratch your self, so you might be not owning to come in and choose out anyone’s old things. Every thing is your decision from the start off.”

“We received the backyard completed in the direction of the stop of last summertime, so we are going to get the use out of it this 12 months. We did a charming patio location, and we are just following ending our get rid of at the aspect of the house. So, we are just performing it little bit by little bit. Which is how we said we’d do it from the get started.”

“It need to feel like a hotel!” I say to her as she’s telling me about the fabulous storage units that the dwelling arrived with. 

“It is!!” she replied, “And I’m like, stop dirtying my hotel!”

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