The views from Wavecrest, on Skerries’ north strand, are the first thing you see. Wide and uninterrupted, they sweep across the Irish Sea to the Mountains of Mourne, Clogherhead and Warrenpoint. More immediate views are of swimmers, sail boats and Skerries Harbour.
The sea is the first thing you hear, the constant roll of waves on to the pebbled beach. Every view can be enjoyed from all rooms in Wavecrest and every room is soothed by waves across pebbles. In summer anyway, wintery seas have another appeal.
The north strand is some 1.2km long and Wavecrest has the longest stretch of shoreline fronting any of its houses. The bungalow was built, with imaginative appreciation of the location 18 years ago. The vendors’ purchase of the site on which Wavecrest is built made news at the time, The Irish Times referred to the 1/16th of an acre site with a derelict cottage as “the most expensive acre in the country” when it sold for 70,000 punts.