Starter home: They say the best of goods come in small parcels at Douglas cottages
THERE’S some choice cottage buys in suburban Douglas village for first time buyers with agent Micheal Creedon of DNG Creedon, at the €160,000 to €175,000 mark.
A tasty renovation has been done by owner-occupiers on 15 Donnybrook Cottages, a short trot up the hill from Douglas village.
The two-bed, single storey 700 sq ft home with feature high ceilings has been re-done top to tail. A bonus is parking, next to a raised deck area across the access lane for BBQ’s and a long, slender garden that could easily be a productive veg plot. The terraced home was built in 1903, and renovated 105 years later, in ’08, and it’s bright, well-tiled and has kept essential character.Price has just been reduced to €160,000 to expedite a sale.
Also with Mr Creedon, on the city side of Douglas, are Nos 3 and 4 Clermont Cottages.
Ten of the 12 terrace of former millworkers homes had initially been offered as a renovation project as a single lot, or at €200,00 a pop back in 2007, all needing extensive work.
Now, though, they’ve been worked on one by one, and the fully finished adjoining duo, Nos 3 & 4, are guided at €175,000, done to a very high standard, snug and cosy with C3 BER ratings and gas heating.
They’ve each got two bedrooms, and two bathrooms.
VERDICT: Small parcels, but good goods.
