Fitness fans will love this upside-down Blackrock address that so inspired Glen Hansard that the Oscar-winning songwriter and Frames frontman wrote a song about it for a demo tape.
When you live by the seaside, you want sea views.
With a park across the road, with running tracks, playground, skate park, pond and coffee truck, and a choice of two Dart stations, this upside-down house delivers on many family asks.
It also has celebrity bragging rights.
In the late 1980s, a red-haired balladeer penned a song about the Blackrock address, 15 Seafort Parade, on a demo tape.
Address: 15 Seafort Parade, Blackrock, Co Dublin, A94 H7T2
Asking price: €995,000
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Blackrock
The songwriter, Glen Hansard, would go on to front one of the nation’s most popular bands, The Frames and win an Oscar in 2008 for best original song, in the John Carney romantic musical drama, Once.
He shared the gong for Falling Slowly with his co-writer and co-star Markéta Irglová.
It’s unlikely Hansard would recognise the two-storey over-garden-level Edwardian overlooking Blackrock Park as it looks now.
Set in a small Edwardian estate off the Rock Road, it has been completely transformed since he reportedly attended parties here.
The two-storey over garden level terraced property has been completely reimagined to take advantage of the views across Merrion Strand, the Poolbeg Towers and Howth Head.
The traditional layout has been flipped to put the kitchen and living room on what is traditionally the main accommodation floor.
This clever rethink allowed the architect to take full advantage of the attic space above to give these rooms additional volume through the use of vaulted ceilings.
These features timber panelling that is redolent of the property’s construction era.
The rooms would have originally been warmed by open fires.
The chimneybreast, a structural feature, has also been used to create a vertical half wall that divides the top floor, making it into a broken plan layout.
The kitchen is at the back of the house. On one wall is a bank of floor-to-ceiling cabinetry that accommodates much of the cabinetry, leaving an island to create a punctuation point between the cooking and dining areas.
The sink and hob are situated here, hidden from view by a counter.
The living room is at the front, where its pair of windows frames the ever-changing sea views.
In winter, when the wave crests can look like meringue, it will be a very cosy spot to curl up in, in front of an open fire.
At this time of year, it’s a place where you can contemplate going for a run, taking the kids to the park or the playground or checking to see if the tide is in enough to cycle up to Seapoint for a dip.
The three-bedroom, one-bathroom property opens at the level where the principal bedroom and a family room are now.
There are two more double bedrooms at garden level. One opens out to the small but west-facing back garden that gets afternoon and evening sun. The family bathroom is also at this level.
The well-located property first launched earlier this year, seeking €1.19 million.
Agents Sherry FitzGerald is seeking €995,000 for the BER-exempt property, which extends to 117 square metres.
