Coastal Cool

This beachside home in Holywood, Co. Down has been given a new lease of life and the final result is the perfect mix of classic and contemporary styling.

When ex-Miss Northern Ireland, Instagram influencer and estate agent Tiffany Brien purchased this house in August 2018, she wasn’t daunted by the work that lay ahead to bring it back to life and inline with how she wished to live in it. ‘There was just something about this place which kept drawing me to it and even though I was aware of the condition it was in, I did approach the homeowner with an offer and it was accepted.’

One the biggest draws for Tiffany, apart from the fact that the house is located in Holywood, County Down where she grew up, is the fact that the beach is only 100 metres from her front door. ‘I am a keen sailor and love the sea, always have. To have a home in Holywood this close to the sea was always a dream, but with house prices the way they are in this area, it would only be a project such as this one that would allow me to make my property dreams a reality,’ she explains.

Read more in the January issue…