Bray/€730,000: 5 Westview Terrace, Adelaide Rd, Bray, Co Wicklow, a refurbished period home will be auctioned on May 6th with Jackson Stops seeking offers of €730,000.
Adelaide Road is part of Victorian Bray; convenient to the main street, promenade, a short walk to the DART and overlooks Bray Bowling Green.
When the owners bought the 160-year-old property seven years ago, they embarked on a total renovation. They created an exceptional kitchen, opened out the first floor return and built on a family and utility room.
The original floors and internal doors have been upgraded, dado rails and ceiling plasterwork restored, while a warm decor gives an elegant feel. Working in the music business, they have installed a top class music system throughout the house and ISDN phone lines.
Stepping into a polished floored reception hall gives an idea of what's in store. Papered in yellow, the eye is drawn through a stained glass panelled door to the kitchen and garden beyond, while a window on the first floor return also lights up the hall.
The drawingroom has a large bay sash window, original white marble fireplace, wood floor and a mid-apricot colour scheme. The diningroom has another period fireplace. There are French doors to the rear garden. The long kitchen / breakfastroom with Italian flagged floor is fitted with antique pine units by Country Kitchens.
The cooking area comprises gas-fired black double oven and Aga with gas hob and electric oven. There are patio doors to the garden. The kitchen leads to a playroom with patio doors to the garden, to a utility room plumbed for washing machine and dryer, and to a blue-tiled toilet.
The first floor return has a timber panelled ceiling and is lit by a handsome stained glass window. The guest double bedroom has antique pine dressing table and wardrobes fronted with internal panelled doors reclaimed from elsewhere in the house.
The family bathroom with three-piece white suite by Elegant John has a tiled floor, with walls and bath part panelled in timber painted lime green. Next door a shower room features a funky power shower/sauna and steam unit, plus wash-hand basin and toilet.
There are three further bedrooms on the first floor landing. The main bedroom has a polished timber floor, period white marble fireplace, large picture bay window giving lovely views over the Wicklow Mountains, and a vanity unit incorporating wash-hand basin. The other double bedroom has fitted wardrobes and wash-hand basin, while a fourth smaller bedroom could become a study/home office, convert to a second bathroom or an en suite for the main bedroom.
The front and rear gardens are landscaped, with the rear garden laid out in patio with raised well stoned flower beds. There is resident disc parking.
