Apartment Owners Network

We’ve launched a new forum on our website this morning. You can use it to discuss anything to do with apartments or the Apartment Owners Network. If you have questions about your complex, your management company or your agent, post them here. If you’re a director of your company and want help from other directors, post here.

Click here to access the forum

The MUD Bill passed Report and Final Stage in the Seanad on Tuesday (2nd June). The Dail Second Stage will take place next Wednesday and Thursday (9th and 10th June).

If all this is double dutch to you, it means the Seanad has completed it’s work on the bill and now it moves to the Dail. It will be debated a few more times, some changes will be made and at some stage (hopefully Autumn but there are no guarantees), it will be voted on and present to the President to be passed into law. Yes, it’s slow going but it’s still moving (which is great) and they’re still listening to us and taking on board our advice.

We’re meeting regularly with the Law Society, the Department of Justice and some political parties to keep pushing the importance of the bill and to remind them of the remainder of our wishlist.

The issue of completion is still outstanding, we’re still working on that and the Dept of Environment is also looking at it (from a different angle). There are also problems with the bond, house rules and the apportionment of service charges but we’ll keep battering away at those.

You can download a copy of the bill as it stands right now.

Hi all,

Our next meeting will be on Thursday, June 10th at 7pm in the usual location – Training Room 1, 1st floor, Dublin City Council building on Wood Quay, Dublin 2. We’ll be keeping you up to date on the progress of the MUD bill and discussing a topic that is more important than ever – controlling costs and spending in a management company.

See you all there!
Mark

Here’s a map and showing the location and here’s a list of ways to get there:

• Luas
  • Four Courts on the Red Line from Tallaght, Connolly and the Point (map)
• Dart & Suburban trains
  • Tara St – allow a 15 minute walk (map & directions)
  • Heuston – allow a 20 minute walk (map & directions).
• Dublin Bikes
  • Christchurch Place outside Jurys Hotel (map)
  • Upper Ormond Quay across the river, beside Grattan Bridge (map)
• Dublin Bus
  • From Aston Quay – 25, 25A, 26, 51D, 66, 66A
  • From IFSC – Route 90
  • From St. Stephens Green – 92
  • From Docklands – 151
  • From Tara St Dart and Dame St – 37, 39, 39A, 39B and 39C
• On-street parking
  • On-street parking is located across the river, in front of the Four Courts building.