A Little Piece Of Kinsella Gold

Security was always tight…

or many Greystonians of a certain age, it will always be Kinsella’s coal yard…

The family are still next door, but it’s been a while since dark, black soot wafted over Blacklion clothes lines.

And it’s now all set to become someone’s fancy-pants home, as this tiny Greystones site of 218 square metres has just gone on the market for €485,000.

The kicker being that this prime location comes with full planning permission for a two-storey, three-bedroom house.

The initial planning application was refused on the basis that the dwelling would create a serious traffic hazard, Wicklow Planning explaining, ‘because the traffic turning movements generated would interfere with the free flow of traffic on the busy regional road at Blacklion, across a footpath and (future) cycle path‘.

So the revised application proposed a mechanical turntable to allow vehicles to access the site, rotate the car and exit. Like Paddy Bond. Wicklow Planning were clearly impressed.

Said O’Gorman Properties, who are handling the sale, ‘Rarely does a residential site so close to Greystones town centre come to the market with full planning permission recently granted for a modern, detached, A-rated, two-storey house with sea views’.

Which would explain the €485,000 tag. You can find out more about the property right here, and explore a little Kinsella history here.