Two Dublin apartments - both very different in style, but both in prestigious prime locations - are being offered at £350,000 each through Sherry FitzGerald.
Holyrood Castle, a 19th century castellated three-storey building, is at the end of Holyrood Park in a traffic-free cul-de-sac off Sandymount Avenue, Dublin 4. Sandymount DART Station is literally at the end of the road and Ballsbridge begins on the far side of the railway track. Sandymount Strand is a short walk from the block and the city centre is a few minutes drive.
Apartment one is a 1,000 sq ft unit, with three bedrooms and a large sittingroom with a kitchen off. The apartment has been stylishly refurbished and has an up to-the-minute interior.
The entire block was sold in July 1999, and the new owner has converted the building into four large apartments, two of which will be sold. This apartment is the first to come on the market. The sittingroom/diningroom, bedrooms and hall floors are polished timber and the kitchen and main shower room floors are ceramic-tiled.
The well-fitted kitchen has a range of Shaker-style units and the Bosch dishwasher, microwave, oven, hob and fridge/freezer are included in the sale. In the main bedroom, there is an en suite with a step-in shower. Two more bedrooms, one double and the other a single room, have built-in wardrobes.
A management company has been put in place, but the fee has not yet been finalised.
In Milltown, Dublin 6, The Elms, at Grove House, on Milltown Road, is a large five-storey scheme located close to the intersection with Sandford Road, Ranelagh, and five minutes from the bustle of Ranelagh village and Donnybrook. Apartment one in the block is a two-bedroom property with similar space to the Sandymount unit at 1,000 sq ft of living space.
There is a good-sized entrance hall with storage and airing cupboards off. The sittingroom/diningroom is very large, with a contemporary brick-hearthed fireplace and sliding glass doors to the 20 ft by 6ft balcony. Off the sitttingroom, the compact kitchen has Shaker-style units including a built-in oven, hob and extractor fan.
A very large south-west facing balcony with planter beds is an added bonus. There are two double bedrooms with fitted wardrobes and a wash-hand basin in the main room.
This development looks over well-maintained communal gardens with car parking and access to underground car-parking and storage. The annual service charge is approximately £1,250.
