Potential buyers, keeping a sharp eye open for the wide range of keenly priced properties on offer under the present challenging conditions, can look forward to a brilliant location and large site size at No 8 Walshe’s Terrace. The latest in a long line of quality properties to be offered to the market by the leading Galway city based agents Property Partners Maxwell & Heaslip is to go under the hammer in the last of the summer auctions in July.
This substantial townhouse is positioned right in the heart of Galway city in close proximity to the Town Hall Theatre and Galway Courthouse.
“While in need of refurbishment and modernisation, No 8 has great potential either as a family home or, subject to planning permission, could have some commercial usage,” said Alan Maxwell, who is handling the sale. “It is a very generous corner site and the house as it stands currently extends to circa 1,600sq ft. While fronting on to the Woodquay main road, this house is set back from the street with a good sized front garden and a public parking area outside.”
Woodquay has always been a most popular residential area, being within a stone’s throw of the city centre and all amenities, while at the same time being adjacent to a picturesque park. At the edge of the River Corrib and the Salmon Weir with its abundance of wildlife and the water sports, Galway Rowing Club and the Commercial Boat Club are both adjacent and a favourite evening pastime with locals is to sit on one of the many benches at the river and watch the rowing crews gliding up the river. For anyone working in the city, commuting will be a distant memory for the new residents of No 8; indeed the cycle to work initiative will also be quite wasted as shank’s mare will undoubtedly be the transport of choice.
The house will certainly give scope for imaginative redesign but the potential is obvious from the minute you step inside the door. The upstairs bedrooms are a good size, while extensive remodelling will be required to bring the kitchen-living area into the 21st century. As it stands the property has some night storage heaters and a small range in the kitchen, and the parlour boasts a very pretty black marble period fireplace with tiled insets. To the front of the property, the large manicured garden heads round to a concrete rear yard with a small garden shed.
“In a market such as this, there is no doubt that this house is priced very attractively,” Mr Maxwell said. “As well as offering value for money, I have always believed that this is the best way to get a property — the fact that it needs some work means that whoever buys the property can put their own individual stamp on the house.”
