It’s currently a 1930s period piece: a perfect set for an episode of a family drama. You can picture a mantelpiece clock ticking, and small boys in flannel shorts and V-necked jerseys scampering about. Number 93 Seafield Road East is a five-bedroomed semi with its own quaint charm, but it will undoubtedly be updated by new owners.
Seafield Road East is a popular road. Nearby, No 161, a bungalow with a different style entirely, but just three bedrooms, sold for €1 million in February this year. Near the sea, and the village, and with schools and good public transport, it is a nice place to raise a family. So nice indeed, that number 93 was only ever sold twice before now. Built in 1934, a family called the Quinns bought it then for just £875. Then, in 1967, the current owners paid £4,500 for it, and it’s now for sale again – an estate sale, by private treaty with DNG for €925,000.
Inside, there is a front-to- back lounge/ diningroom, with sliding partition doors, and a bay window at the front. Each room has a nicely modernist tile and wood fireplace. There’s a small conservatory at the back, leading out to a very beautiful, and obviously much loved, long, south-facing garden.
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There is also a kitchen and breakfastroom downstairs. The stairs divide near the top, leading to three double and two single bedrooms, plus a wc and family bathroom.
The kitchen is in an extension, but the garden gives plenty of scope to build out even further – and still keep the marvellous trees.
There is also a garage – and space for off-street parking to the front.
Number 93 is the kind of house that will probably have a complete reshuffle when the new owners move in.
There’s such a nice family atmosphere here, though, that it’s easy to imagine another whole generation enjoying the pleasure of growing up here – however they decide to configure the rooms.
Viewing is this Saturday from noon to 12.45pm.
