New-build redbrick with clear sea views

CLONTARF €1.6M:THE DEMOLITION of a small old bungalow on a prime piece of Dublin's Clontarf Road has made room for two fine looking semi-detached houses. They were built in Victorian style and each has four bedrooms and 265sq m (2,650sq ft).

One of them, number 334 Clontarf Road, is for sale through Douglas Newman Good for €1.6 million.

It will appeal to buyers looking for period proportions but who don't want to lift as much as a paintbrush.

The views out the front windows are also a huge selling point in this house. It is nearly opposite the long wooden bridge that leads down to Dollymount Strand and the Royal Dublin Golf Club, and the uninterrupted views from both the downstairs and upstairs windows look onto the sea and out towards the Wicklow Mountains.

As the house is a new build and just decorated, it is in walk-in condition.

The interior of the house matches the exterior in that it is laid out in typical period style. Off the airy hallway there is a large front reception room that opens via double doors into a smaller, more informal livingroom.

This in turn opens into the kitchen which runs the width of the back of the house. This is a proper family area, with space for a TV and sofa, a modern gas fire, as well as a good-sized dining table and a very smart fitted kitchen. It has a good array of cupboards, some glazed some not, all painted a cream colour that works well with the granite worktop. Most appliances are integrated and there's a useful island unit. The floor is tiled in porcelain - as is the hall floor.

Off the hallway is a well equipped utility room and a guest bathroom. Upstairs there are four double bedrooms. The main one, which is to the front, has a very smart, marble finished shower en suite and a large walk-in wardrobe.

On up again to dormer level is the fourth bedroom, again with its own en suite and a walk-in wardrobe.

There is also another room which would work as a home office or if the entire top floor was given over to a teenager as an additional TV room or play room.

The family bathroom has a freestanding period-style bath as well as a walk-in shower and the room is tiled throughout with marble.

The spec in the house is high, including double glazed timber sash windows, porcelain and marble flooring, underfloor heating, as well a central vacuum system.

At around 13 metres (40ft) long the back garden is large enough for most families and there is off-street parking to the front for two cars.

334 Clontarf Road, Clontarf

Spacious four-bed house with period styling on the seafront with a 40ft back garden

Agent: Douglas Newman Good