Vital signs strong on Waterford Greenway where medical centre is up for sale
Strandside, Dungarvan, Waterford
230 sq m(2,475 sq ft)
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2
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No 3 Strandside, in its current guise as a medical centre, has huge potential, writes .
The colourful sweeping arc of quayside that make Dungarvan so readily identifiable is the postcard view on offer from across the river at Strandside Medical Centre.
“The centre’s location is absolutely spectacular,” says Brian Gleeson of Brian Gleeson Property, which explains the decision to target both the residential and commercial markets.
“No 3 Strandside brings many possibilities to the table and will appeal to a variety of purchasers,” Mr Gleeson says, “and while it currently enjoys commercial zoning, it also has scope to be a significant private residence”. Equally, he adds, it could be subdivided into upmarket apartments — which could work well in a coastal town where tourism is high on the agenda.
Strandside Medical Centre is on the market because the three GPs who between them own the practice, are moving “into town”.
Town is across the River Colligan, over the beautiful single-spanDevonshire Bridge, built in the late 18th century by “the richest man in England”, the Duke of Devonshire, at a cost of £5,000, to connect Abbeyside with Dungarvan town.
In fact it is believed there was originally a brick kiln on the site of what is now 3 Strandside, in the 1840s, which may have been associated with the construction of dwellings inAbbeyside. House building in Dungarvan accelerated in the 1820sfollowing the completion of the Causeway and Devonshire Bridge.
Mr Gleeson, who is joint selling agent with SherryFitzgeraldReynolds, says the building at Strandside is “a comparatively recent build”, dating to c1930.
“The builder/owner was one of the McCarthy's, a famous family of doctors in the town, it was built as a family home,” he relates.
It later became a private nursing home where many local people were born, he adds. Following that it was a solicitors’ office and in 1993 it became what it is today - Strandside Medical Centre.
Mr Gleeson says the two-storey detached property in a prime location — next to the Waterford Greenway — is “a rare gem” and a “once-in-a-generation purchase”.
Despite the restrictive effects of Covid-19 on the property market, there are two offers in for No 3 Strandside, one for €500,000, the other for €530,000. The guide price is €550,000.
“A number of people are interested and even though we are unable to show it because of the restrictions, we’ve had offers in the past week or two,” Mr Gleeson says.
In its current incarnation, The property consists of a reception room, a number of waiting rooms and offices, a kitchenette, two bathrooms, and some storage space. There’s plenty of parking to the front and to the rear, with three access points at this 0.247 acre site. No 3 is within easy walking distance of Dungarvan town centre.
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