DUN LAOGHAIRE: €675,000:A COTTAGE-style house close to the centre of Dún Laoghaire which has been renovated and refurbished in an attractive country style by the young couple who bought it six years ago (for €366,000) is for sale through Douglas Newman Good for €675,000.
The very private 86sq m (920sq ft) 1920s house at 10 Corrig Park, a cul-de-sac off Corrig Road, has been opened up to maximise space and light. On a sunny spring morning, light streams in through bay windows at the front and from French doors opening into a conservatory at the back.
A clever attic conversion accessed via a spiral staircase from the kitchen/diningroom provides an extra 19sq m (200sq ft) of space. This is fitted out as a home office and has Velux windows, one with a glimpse of the sea.
A gate in the middle of a neatly trimmed high hedge opens into a small, lavishly planted front garden. A lounge at the front of the house opening off the hall has double doors into the kitchen-cum-diningroom. Two bedrooms open off the other side of the hall.
The space is relatively small but crammed with good ideas: a fireplace in an all-pink children’s bedroom has been painted a fresh white and two handsome custom-built glass-paned cupboards built in the alcoves. A window off the main bedroom has been turned into slender French doors opening onto a deck in the garden, and there is a small dressingroom with loads of storage space.
Everything is in keeping with the pretty country look, from the original stripped and polished wooden floors, to tongued-and-grooved white kitchen units to the sandstone-tiled kitchen floor. High walls shelter a charming back garden full of mature trees and bushes: as well as the deck and conservatory, there is a patio area at the back. Sheds at the side house a washing machine. There is off-street parking at the front, and a garage at the side of the house with planning permission for conversion.
A pedestrian path at the bottom of the cul-de-sac leads to Northumberland Avenue, and straight into the centre of Dún Laoghaire.
10 Corrig Park, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin
Prettily refurbished country cottage-style two-bed with good gardens
Agent:Douglas Newman Good
