The eight semi-detached redbrick houses that make up Carlisle Terrace are classically Victorian in style and part of Malahideâs Church Road, about 200m from the village centre. They rarely come on the market â families tend to stay a long time â and when they do, buyers are often local people trading up from nearby. Thatâs what happened when the current owners bought number 7 Carlisle Terrace in 1994 having lived in the northside seaside suburb since the late 1980s. The purchase was, says the owner looking back, a stretch, so it took until 2001 until they had the funds to renovate. When they did, they went all out, modernising and decorating throughout and doing the basics such as rewiring and replumbing, and taking care that the new heating system featured antique-style radiators with underfloor heating in the kitchen.