Seaside home in a league of its own

OUT on its own in terms of design and quality is this home in Coxtown, in the chic seaside town of Dunmore East, Co Waterford.

Set to appeal to relocators as well as to affluent Waterford families who do like to be beside the seaside, the just-built home has a €1.2 million price guide and smart space galore.

Agent Don Palmer says the house is one of the best properties to come on the market in Dunmore East in quite some time, and is distinctive because of its contemporary design.

The 3,100 sq ft home has curves in all the right places, plus uninterrupted views which span the horizon and take in Hook Head and the Saltee Islands.

The architect-designed home is on an elevated, L-shaped quarter acre site, and was positioned on the site for those views, with the best vista from the huge open plan living area, as well as from the first- floor master bedroom and the sweep of timber-decked balcony located off the first-floor family room.

“This is a one-off house,” Mr Palmer said, “it would be very difficult to come across a site like it ever again or get planning for such a home.

“It’s a very individual, architect-designed home and the vendor is open to offers for it,” he added. It is being put up for sale publicly as construction by builder Stephen Harte is just completed.

The new home status gives it a low stamp-duty cost, and the home has four bedrooms, with the master en suite as large as most normal bathrooms.

The ground floor is distinctive thanks to its sprawling open-plan ground floor, taking in kitchen, dining area and living room, with a centrepiece circular fireplace with stainless steel surround and double height ceiling.

Upstairs is another family room, and a large, curved timber decked balcony with galvanised and powder-coated and red deal railings gives great uninterrupted views of the entire bay.

Coxtown, on the edge of Dunmore East and a 20-minute drive from Waterford city, will benefit further from plans to develop the harbour, just minutes away. The plans include a leisure marina. Sailing is already a favourite pastime and there’s a choice of beaches, shops and other amenities.

The finished house has been painted, tiled, and has oil heating with plumbing in place if and when natural gas arrives in Dunmore East.