Village living is on the doorstep with this Monkstown terraced house, writes Alanna Gallagher
Ditch the car, and forget the supermarket. With a weekend farmers market on the doorstep and a clutch of cafés and restaurants closeby, this terraced house at 15 Monkstown Crescent offers direct access to village living.
The pink-painted doubled fronted house is in the heart of Monkstown with a sunny back garden overlooked by two church spires. There's a post office, newsagents and chemist two minutes away, Goggins pub around the corner, Searsons on the Crescent has famously good wine, and even the Spar is a friendly one. It's 15 minutes by Dart into the city, and the Patton Flyer (which stops at Goggins) can make it to the airport in 30 minutes flat.
While the three-bedroom villa-style house is currently a young family home it's the perfect address for triple D's; downsizers, divorcees and DINKYS (double income, no kids). The house is for sale by private treaty through Lisney with an asking price of €2 million.
At 170sq m (1,830sq ft), this is a well-presented house. The entrance opens into a spacious hall where there are three rooms. The sittingroom is the star of this Crescent property. Beautifully proportioned and the width of the house its primary feature is its elegant period plastered ceiling. This is a room that will rise to any occasion and can easily accommodate large pieces of furniture that downsizers may wish to retain. The library, on the other side of the hall, has smart custom-built joinery and is also used as a third bedroom. A roomy double bedroom is to its rear and has great garden views.
Oscar-red carpet leads past the hanging loo, home to a spacious shower, and downstairs to where the kitchen and main bedroom are located.
The kitchen has been opened up to also span the width of the house. It features exposed stone walls, underfloor heating, limestone tiles and a simple but well-laid out painted kitchen that has black polished granite countertops. There's also an enormous larder. French double doors open out onto the barbecue area which is extremely sheltered.
The main bedroom has an adjacent nursery, which could also be used as a dressing room and has access to the family bathroom.
The owners also created a sizable utility room that extends under the granite front steps to accommodate a supersized hot press.
The garden is over 80ft long, south-west facing in aspect and totally private, thanks to the high trellis work on both sides. There's room for kids to play and also electric gate, vehicular rear access big enough to accommodate up to three cars.
While a protected structure, number 15 is also extendable, subject to planning permission. All the other properties on the crescent have already expanded out so the precedent for development is there.
