City to Country: Two beds in Dublin 8 or four in Clonakilty

How far your euro stretches across Dublin, Clonakilty, Tramore and Galway

Tue, 11 Feb, 2025 - 11:00

Trish Dromey

South Circular Road, Dublin 8
€595,000
Size	83 sq m ( 895 sq ft)
Bedrooms	2
Bathrooms	1
BER	1

This renovated mid-terrace two-bed house at 2 Sandford Park, South Circular Road in Dublin 8 has much to attract viewers including a parking space in its front garden.

Noting that properties with off-street parking can be difficult to find this close to the city centre, Alistair Hickey of Felicity Fox Auctioneers says the other key selling points for this house are its condition (It’s been extended and renovated by current owners who bought it in 2010), and its location – within a 20-minute walk from St Stephens Green and Grafton Street.

Situated in a cul de sac of just ten properties, it’s a partially brick-fronted house which dates from the 1950s. With the addition of a kitchen extension with modern white units and a rooflight at the rear, it now has 83 sq metres of living space.

The kitchen is open plan with a timber floored dining room with an original fireplace. The ground floor also has a timber-floored living room with an insert fire and bookshelves while the upstairs has a tiled bathroom and two bedrooms including one with an original fireplace.

At the front, the house has a gravelled garden with parking and flower pots and at the rear, a paved and gravelled easy-to-keep patio garden.

Sales in this cul de sac are rare – the last one seems to be that of No 10 which sold for €425,000 nine years ago.

VERDICT: The open viewing scheduled for this weekend is expected to be busy.

Clonakilty, Co Cork
€545,000
Size	174 sq m ( 1,873 sq ft)
Bedrooms	4
Bathrooms	4
BER	A3

Thanks to the recent addition of 18 Solar PV panels, the BER rating on 14 The Pines, The Miles in Clonakilty has gone up to an enviable A3.

“It’s a spacious, energy efficient, ready-to-go family home which has been very well maintained by the owners who bought it new in 2009,” says Con O’Neill of Sherry FitzGerald O’Neill quoting a guide of €545,000.

Its 174 sq metres of living space includes a long kitchen diner at the rear with pale grey shaker-style units and a timber bannister which separates it from a timber floored sitting room at a slightly lower level. There’s also a guest WC, a utility room and a study as well as a second living room with a stove which has been turned into a colourful playroom.

The upstairs has a bathroom and four bedrooms including two with en suites. One of a small number of detached houses in the Pines, the property has a good-sized garden at the rear with a patio, a lawn with space for play equipment and a separate fenced-off space for the family dog.

Located around two km from shops and amenities in Clonakilty town centre, The Pines is six km from the beach at Inchydoney.

Noting that the owners added an EV charger as well as PV panels, Mr O’Neill says that spacious detached houses like this one are in short supply in Clonakilty.

VERDICT: Set to attract trading up families from the locality and beyond.

Inverin, Co Galway
€625,000
Size	174 sq m ( 1,875 sq ft)
Bedrooms	2/3
Bathrooms	2
BER	B2

Located in the Connemara Gaeltach, two km from the coast, this attractive three-bed property at Kilroe East near Inverin offers ample space for living, working, playing and gardening.

New to the market with a guide of €625,000, it’s an attractive modern dormer-style house on a site of over three quarters with a 60 sq metre detached annex. The original owner who built it in 2005 used the detached annex as a ceramics studio, put in a pond and added a polytunnel and raised beds for growing vegetables.

Selling agent Hugh O’Donnellan of O’Donnellan & Joyce expects the modern 174 sq metre property which is located 23 km from Galway city to look very attractive to a buyer planning to commute or work from home.

The ground floor has a timber-floored kitchen/diner with an almost fully glazed wall and shaker-style units which have been painted blue by current owners. The property has a utility, a shower room and two living rooms including one which was originally listed on the plans as the third bedroom.

The upstairs has a bathroom and two bedrooms as well as a galleried mezzanine area used as a home office.

The sizable annex has a games room and a workshop and could be used for a home enterprise or a home office.

Located four km from Spiddal village, the house is two km from Tra Mhor and Tra Sailin.

VERDICT: Attractive, energy-efficient and close to the coast, it’s perfect for a gardening enthusiast

Tramore, Co Waterford
€695,000
Size	180 sq m (1,940 sq ft)
Bedrooms	5
Bathrooms	3
BER	A2

AS the only five-bed detached house currently listed for sale in Tramore, No 54 Cliffside at Newtown can be expected to generate some excitement among trading-up buyers.

Located a little less than a km from the coast and Newtown Cove, in a development of mostly detached houses, it has A2 BER and 180 sq metres of living space. Seeking offers of €695,000, Michael Griffin of Griffin Auctioneers says it’s been finished to a high spec by the owners who bought it new just two years ago.

“It has massive appeal for trade-up buyers and relocators - we expect interest from buyers in Tramore, Waterford city, Dublin and Kildare and from emigrants returning from the UK, Australia and the Middle East.”

Accommodation at ground level includes a spacious living room with herringbone flooring as well as an L-shaped kitchen dining/living area which has a sleek handleless white kitchen with quartz countertops and a large island unit.

To the rear, there’s a utility room and a shower room while the upper floor has a bathroom and five bedrooms including one with an en suite and a walk-in wardrobe.

Out front, there’s a cobblelock driveway and at the rear, it has a low-maintenance paved garden with a detached garage used for storing motorbikes and sports equipment.

The property – which seems to be the first resale in Cliffside – sold for €575,000 in 2023.