City to Country: Restored Dublin 3 Victorian redbrick or life on the waterfront at €525,000 Schull home

City home with history, or country, ponders Trish Dromey

5 The Coastguard, Schull Co Cork

North Strand, Dublin 3
€595,000
Size	128 sq m
Bedrooms	3
Bathrooms	1
BER	C1

On the market with a guide of €595,000, the three-bed 128 sq metre house was renovated by current owners in 2002. “They kept original features including fireplaces, doors and ornate coving but rewired and replumbed and put in a combi boiler and mix of triple glazed and double glazed PVC windows," says Colum Butterly of DNG Fairview noting that the property now has a C1 BER.

Accommodation includes a sitting room with picture rails, coving and an original cast iron fireplace and at the rear, a kitchen with a dining room extension.

Upstairs there’s a bathroom and three bedrooms including two doubles and a single one used as a home office. To the rear there’s a south facing garden with decking and raised beds.

“It's a very well cared for home which marries classic charm with modern convenience “ says Mr Butterly adding that it’s within strolling distance of the city centre and is also close to local amenities and shops as well as Clontarf and Fairview Park.

Nottingham Street is located 1.2 km from the Connolly train, DART and LUAS station and around two km from Dublin city centre.

Recent sales on the street include that of No 27, a three-bed mid-terrace house which sold for €636,000 in October last year.

VERDICT: An attractively renovated, centrally located redbrick home.

Tralee, Co. Kerry
€575,000
Size	286 sq m (3,078 sq ft)
Bedrooms	5
Bathrooms	5
BER	-

The views of the Slieve Mish Mountains from this detached five-bed house at 12 Bóthar an Mhuileann at Ballyard outside Tralee looked even better than usual under a sprinkling of recent snow. That’s according to auctioneer Garry O’Driscoll who says this is a scenic home with uninterrupted views of the Slieve Mish Mountains and of Tralee Bay. 

Quoting a guide of €575,000 he says it’s luxurious and very well finished in addition to being extra spacious Offering 286 sq metres of accommodation, it’s a three storey property which has five bedrooms including three en suite ones in addition to large top floor room used as a playroom.

At ground level it has two living rooms, a utility, a guest WC and a sizable kitchen/diner which has had a recent upgrade involving cream granite topped units and a large grey centre island.

Four of the bedrooms are on the first floor while the fifth, an en suite one on the top floor, probably has the best views of the Slieve Mish Mountains.

Overlooking countryside as well as distant mountains, the property is accessed by an electric gate and has a detached double garage at the side.

Built in the 2000s,it’s in a row of detached houses located three km outside Tralee.

While the Eircode address is An Mhuileann, Mr O’Driscoll says everyone in the locality calls this Kearney’s Road.

VERDICT: The type of extra spacious modern home that’s sure to attract relocating families.

Cashel, Connemara
€600,000
Size	140 sq m
Bedrooms	3
Bathrooms	3
BER	D1

With a newly reduced asking price of €600,000, Doon Cottage at Cashel in Connemara is set to tempt buyers looking for a get away from the world coastal retreat.

Situated on a forested two acre site which looks out on to Cashel Bay at the front and up to Cashel Hill at the rear, it’s attractive traditional property which is being used as a holiday rental. Originally built in the 1960s and upgraded over the years, it has a D1 BER rating.

There’s 140 sq metre of living space which includes a kitchen living room with timber panelled ceilings and a stove as well as two bathrooms and three bedrooms including an en suite.

Emily Bleahan of Sherry FitzGerald Country Homes who reduced the price from €675,000, says it’s a charming property with secluded woodland gardens and exceptionally scenic views of Cashel Bay. “It’s attracting viewing from US and UK buyers as well as Europeans,” she reveals, listing a range of local attractions which include hill walking, mountain climbing and golf as well as sailing, swimming, windsurfing and fishing.

Located at Doonreagan, 12 km from Rounstone village and 21 km from Clifden town, Doon Cottage is a little over 67 km from Galway city Ms Bleahan says the likelihood is that the scenically located coastal property is going to be bought as a holiday home, although she notes that it does have high speed fibre broadband and could be used for remote working.

VERDICT: Charming, scenic and secluded - it could be holiday heaven

Schull, West Cork
€525,000
Size	162 sq m
Bedrooms	3
Bathrooms	3
BER	D1

The owners of No 5 The CoastGuard in Schull get to spend summers close to the waterfront and to use a private slipway which is reserved for the residents of the complex.

Quoting a guide of €525,000 for the three-bed property which is part of a 1990s built waterfront development, Colm Cleary of James Lyons O’Keeffe auctioneer says it has everything a holiday home buyer could want." 

It has views over the tennis courts to the waters Schull harbour and is within walking distance of amenities including the pier.’’ More spacious than you would expect, it’s a 162 sq metre mid-terrace house with an attic conversation. At ground level it has an open plan kitchen /dining/living room with a traditional style beamed ceiling as well a a bathroom and a small utility room.

Upstairs it has a bathroom and three bedrooms including one with an en suite and a balcony while the top floor has two attic rooms and a bathroom.

Mr Cleary says the property has been very well maintained and that the owners recently put in internal insulation and upgraded the windows, with this work being carried out after the house had secured a D1 BER rating.

The Coastguard is a mixed development consisting of 15 units divided into two terraces and is located within a short walk from shops in the village.

No 11, a three-bed property in the terrace facing directly on to the water, sold for €695,000 in 2022.

VERDICT: A West Cork coastal home with an opportunity for boating.