The Perfect Mix

By combining old and new, Darran and Eoin have reinvented their terrace transforming it into a spacious two bedroom home that finally ticked all the boxes in their quest for their perfect pad.

House hunting can be a time consuming and stressful task, particularly if you have a list of criteria that need to be met, which was the case in Darran and Eoin’s hunt for their ideal property. ‘We spent hours online trawling through different properties, our main considerations were the location and budget, we were living on the outskirts of Dublin and really wanted to be in town, ideally in a period property.’ The couple was also keen to take on a renovation project ‘this involved a bit of imagination, we had to look past the dodgy décor and try to imagine ourselves drinking coffee in our dream kitchen,’ laughs Darran, who admits they had trouble agreeing on a property, ‘in the end we had to select a few properties, write their names on a piece of paper and rate them one to five and then compare our results,’ says Darran.

Read more in the January issue…