A double architect-designed mews in Cork city, a large one-bed apartment in Dublin 8, or a slick A3-rated townhouse in Sligo for €295k or less?
We’ve all become more design-aware. Scrolling social feeds has trained our eyes to appreciate the detail and level of finishes. Home hunters all want a place that makes our hearts sing when we put the key in the door.
Here are three seeking €295k or under that have been designed to impress:
Double architect-designed mews in Cork city
Address: The Mews, Wood's Place, York Street, Co. Cork, T23 HXV0
Agent: AML Property Services
Asking price: €295,000
Key selling point: Designed by Tom de Paor and reimagined by GOK.Studio Architects
Originally designed by Tom de Paor around 1997 and more recently reimagined by Cork-based GOK. Studio Architects, this is a home Irish aesthetes will want to call their own.
Extending to 85 square metres, this one-bedroom, one-bathroom mews house boasts a roof terrace off the living room at the top of its three storeys.
It also has a B BER rating.
Squeezed into an infill site on Woods Place, just off York Street and moments from the recently rejuvenated MacCurtain Street, it has storage and space to cohabit; the kitchen is on a level below the living room cum home office, which opens to the terrace.
Swish, A-rated, Sligo three-bed townhouse
Address: 14 Church Hill, Sligo, Co. Sligo, F91 FPN7
Agent: Property Partners Mulholland
Asking price: €280,000
Key selling point: A-rated family home with underfloor heating at ground level
Just down the road from Sligo Rovers home turf, the exterior of this three-bedroom, one-bathroom, three-storey townhouse belies its interior, which features a broken-plan ground floor, which is warmed by underfloor heating and features a terrazzo-tiled floor.
The living area is at the front and can be closed off from the kitchen using the pocket sliding doors.
The kitchen units are finished in an inky blue, and the room opens out to a raised garden.
The primary bedroom and family bathroom are on the first floor. Smartly appointed, the bathroom has a separate shower and free-standing bath.
There are two more bedrooms on the second floor. The mid-terrace house has an A3 BER rating and extends to 89 square metres.
Dublin 8 one-bed big enough to entertain in
Address: 16 Rosedale, Inchicore, Dublin 8, Co. Dublin, D08 FT62
Agent: Brock Delappe
Asking price: €295,000
Key selling point: Light-filled; it extends to 70 square metres
This top floor flat in a period property has acres of charm and space. The one-bedroom unit has a light-filled living room that is dual aspect and features a trio of windows along one wall.
There’s room here for a Murphy bed so you can properly accommodate overnight guests. This room opens to a small balcony, which is set over the period-style property’s portico.
Across the hall is the eat-in kitchen, which is set in an L-shape and is decorated with kitchenalia and has stone-look worktops.
The bedroom is a good-sized double.
Constructed in 2000, it comes with an underground car space. The only downside to this apartment is that it has an F BER rating.
