Many people might think that to secure a sweeping sea view from an elevated cliff-top position is going to send your buying budget up to an eye-watering figure.
But sometimes, if you look hard enough and for long enough, you can find a seaside gem that offers you what some might describe as a priceless sea view that actually comes with a more affordable price tag.
This Pembrokeshire semi-detached house might look fairly standard from the street, but it really isn't. It might not seem obvious when you first arrive but the house has a hidden level that makes it a spacious family abode across three-storeys.
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And although it might be classed as a renovation project, it appears to be a well-loved and maintained home that is just looking for a new owner to cloak it with their own personal interior design style.
Of course, an inspection of aspects of the house that can't be seen, such as electrics and heating and structure, is always wise, but on the surface this sea view semi seems like a special home just waiting for an interiors refresh.
As well as space, the house has history too. It is said to date back to around 1917 and so inside there are some period gems to discover - all of them looking in good order. Arguably the most special of these features to find are the pretty fireplaces which includes the surprise find in the kitchen - a wonderful period fireplace complete with oven.
Inside, the house can offer a generous kitchen diner and separate lounge on the lower ground floor. If the budget, planning and building regulations allow, this level is the area is probably the prime place to invest time and effort into a more drastic upgrade than just the interiors.
Creating an open doorway between the two rooms, or even removing most of the dividing wall, to create a larger social space across a kitchen diner lounge space would be transformational.
It would also mean that the kitchen diner can share in the sea view at the rear of the house and not feel isolated.
And maybe changing the windows at the rear to bi-fold or French doors that open directly out onto the garden would be a small change that would make a huge difference towards optimising the connection to the incredible sea view.
On the upper ground floor can be found a living room that has an even better view of the coastal vista from its elevated position.
Again, if appropriate, changes could be made to enhance the indoor outdoor flow by the installation of a Juliet balcony, meaning the doors could be flung open any time to flood this spacious and sociable space with refreshing sea breezes.
This level also offers a double bedroom and a shower room before a final climb of the stairs gets you to the top floor and two more double bedrooms and a bathroom.
But if you wanted to totally turn this house on its head, that's exactly what you could do by changing it into an upside down house, with living on the top floors and sleeping on the lower floors.
Or, if three bedrooms are not required, the top floor could be transformed into a stunning master suite with luxurious ensuite housing a bath positioned to make the most of sea views from a picture window from the front and star gazing from the top with the addition of a well-positioned roof window.
The suite would easily have enough room for a dressing room and generous walk-in wardrobe. The top floor could even be the perfect place for a reworking of a section of the roof to accommodate a tiny balcony as the perfect place to enjoy the sweeping sea view from the highest vantage point at the property.
Outside is arguably where this house beats so many other semi-detached houses currently on the market - its garden has a jaw-dropping view of the sea, harbour and coastline at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.
It's a good-sized outdoor space too, and with the addition of doors from the house to the garden and a large, sunny terrace, surely endless hours of socialising and memorable gatherings awaits, with the glorious blue sea and expansive sky as the mesmerising backdrop.
And if you're hankering after activity to keep you interested and staying in your deck chair, over and above the swooping gulls and the ever-changing weather, the ships and ferries meandering into the bay and port below can add an extra layer of intrigue.
The house is a part of a section of properties called New Hill Villas, a row of period homes that hug the hillside in Goodwick, high above the ocean and within walking distance to the coast below.
Neighbouring Fishguard is just along the coast if paddling in the clear blue water is too tempting to ignore. But if you're not feeling energetic enough to stroll down the hill to the promenade that hugs the bay at Goodwick and then wanders towards the historic heart of Fishguard that includes the harbour within the 'lower town' area, there is a direct bus route too.
Goodwick and Fishguard can be found on the north coast of Pembrokeshire and are part of the Pembrokeshire coast path, which opened in 1970 as the first national trail in Wales.
This property offers a new owner the opportunity to join the small population of these twin towns, with its own coastal garden path which leads to a house full of opportunity and flooded with sea views.
The semi that is not your standard is for sale for offers in excess of £250,000 with estate agent West Wales Properties with no onward chain, call their Cardigan branch on 01239 615915 to find out more. And don't miss the best dream homes in Wales, auction properties, renovation stories, and interiors - join the Amazing Welsh Homes newsletter, sent to your inbox twice a week.
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