Behind the pebbledash exterior of a 1960s Balbriggan townhouse is a fully renovated, walk-in-ready, four-bedroom family home with garden, seeking €595k.
With a historic reputation for supplying European royalty with fine stockings and undergarments - Queen Victoria, the Czarina of Russia, and the Empress of Austria were all fans- Balbriggan is now home to sea breezes and four separate beaches.
The town offers coastal living within a 45-minute commute of Dublin.
Address: 8 Dublin Street, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, K32 YN81
Asking price: €595,000
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Cumisky Kelly
Front Strand is located in the centre of the town, beside its harbour. King’s Strand is to the north, past the Martello Tower, the imposing structure of Bremore Castle and the ruins of former seaweed baths, which were popular in such coastal locations.
To the south is Hampton Cove Beach and beyond it is Ladies Stairs, which is almost at the footbridge access to the Ardgillan Demesne.
A three-minute walk from Front Strand and the harbour is a large, four-bedroom, three-bathroom semi-detached house of 145 square metres.
It has been completely refurbished by its owner, who purchased it from a woman who had lived in it since it was constructed in 1962.
They bought it in February 2020 for €300,000, according to the property price register, and set about contemporarising the house. The only feature that remains is the living room fireplace.
Its porch opens into a hall where polished acacia boards cover the ground floor, bringing in a gorgeous sense of warmth.
Now set in an open-plan fashion, the living room is to the front, where the tiled insert fireplace is in pride of place.
This leads through to the dining area, which overlooks the garden, which is a real surprise, as can often be the case in townhouses.
The kitchen is home to vanilla Shaker-style units, a small island with a greyscale mosaic tile forming splashbacks to the wall units.
Doors open out from both the dining and kitchen areas to the garden, which has a westerly aspect. It gets morning sun by the patio outside the kitchen while the deck at the foot of the garden is an evening suntrap, made all the more so by its dark charcoal colouring.
Upstairs, there are three well-appointed double bedrooms and a single. The principal bedroom runs the depth of the house and has an en suite bathroom.
When viewing, be sure to check out the stained glass windows by Harry Clarke Studio in the Church of St. Peter and Paul's.
Sherry FitzGerald Cumisky Kelly is seeking €595,000 for the C1 BER-rated property, which has off-street parking at the front.
