In the first 10 minutes of the open viewing on Saturday, at 16 Blackheath Gardens, 16 ‘parties’ had a look at the three-bed semi-detached house in the cul-de-sac in Clontarf. They were mostly couples, who looked to be in their early 30s. One couple were hoping to move on from a starter apartment where they’ve stayed longer than they expected to but now the upswing in the market might actually mean they can sell up and finally buy a house; another looked as though they might be downsizers.
Certainly it was a lovely day, the first sunny, mild day of spring and days like that are primed for rubberneckers to wander around houses on open view.
But this lot didn’t look as though they were window shopping, some were collaring the estate agent at the door with knowledgeable questions. And any family home in Clontarf gets a lot of attention, for many reasons, highest on the list being the severe lack of supply.
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On myhome.ie there are just seven three-bed semi-detached houses in the northside suburb – and given that three-bed semis are the classic family homes in urban areas, that doesn’t give househunters much choice.
No 16 Blackheath Gardens is for sale for €630,000, the price a reflection of the lack of supply and also what houses in the area have been going for.
It’s a fine 1930s house, redbrick and pebbledash, extended to 104sq m (1119sq ft) by its owners in 2004 and they did a nice job adding a bright single storey eat-in kitchen extension to the rear.
There is one, not very large reception room made up of two smaller rooms knocked through, with a window looking out on the front garden, another to the back.
Upstairs there are three bedrooms, two doubles, both with built-in wardrobes, and a small single, as well as a good-sized bathroom. The walled back garden is around 40 ft long.
There is potential for new owners to extend, subject to planning, into the garage to the side. Otherwise the house is in walk-in condition.
There is off-street parking for one car.
