BRAY - FROM €420,000:New to the market, a stylish scheme of apartments in the centre of Bray is based on a boutique hotel concept, writes Eivlín Roden.
A SMALL apartment complex in Bray is launching this week with prices for one-beds from €420,000 and for two-beds from €520,000 through H J Byrne estate agents.
The Southpoint scheme, brainchild of Bray-based Kinsella Interiors, is on the company's site on the main street near the townhall.
Designed by HKR Architects and with interior design by Greg Kinsella, the complex is modelled on a boutique hotel concept, resulting in a chic and well designed living space. There are 27 apartments in phase one, and 10 apartments and a duplex in phase two.
Retail units make up the ground level and there is an underground car-park with spaces for each apartment and direct lift access.
An attractive feature is the design around a private roof garden on which most apartments look out with either balconies or French doors. Planted with shrubs and furnished with bistro tables and chairs it forms the core of the complex.
The apartments are serviced by three lifts giving each apartment a nice degree of privacy, and common hall areas are all fitted with chic sea grass wallpaper and cocoa striped carpets, marble tiles and large mirrors.
The apartments range from 46sq m (495sq ft) to 58sq m (630sq ft) for one-beds, and from 73sq m (788sq ft) to 107sq m (1,154sq ft) for the two-beds. Most are dual aspect with windows over the street and the roof garden, and all use their space well with roomy livingroom/kitchen areas, bedrooms with built-in wardrobes and bathrooms with Carrara marble floor and wall tiles, white suites and underfloor heating.
The kitchen is fitted with a range of pale units and appliances while the living area has floor-to-ceiling windows or French doors to a balcony. One penthouse, customised by Greg Kinsella, is double size, furnished and fitted to a luxurious finish.
FACTFILE
NAME: Southpoint
LOCATION: Main Street, Bray, Co Wicklow
PRICES: one-bedroom apartments of 46-58sq m (495-630sq ft) from €420,000; two-bedroom apartments of 73-107sq m (788-1,154sq ft) from €520,000
FEATURES: fitted kitchens with appliances; internal courtyard with attractive roof garden space; balconies; marble floors in bathrooms; built-in wardrobes in bedrooms; dual aspect in most apartments
AGENT: H J Byrne
WEBSITE: www.hjbyrne.com
