Co Dublin: €3.65mA bright south Dublin home with a summerhouse in the garden has a New England feel, says Property Editor Orna Mulcahy
A detached five-bedroom house on almost a third of an acre on Marlborough Road in Glenageary has a realistic asking price of €3.65 million through Sherry FitzGerald.
The 1930s house, Windrush, has a beautifully landscaped garden that includes a large summerhouse ideal for teenagers.
Marlborough Road is a popular address for buyers trading up because of its big, well spaced houses and generous gardens. Then there's the Dart at the end of the road, which makes it extremely handy for a number of southside schools.
Windrush is on the right hand side leading up from the Dart, with a front garden that has parking for at least five and the odd boat.
The owners bought it about 10 years ago and did a very good job refurbishing and extending it with the help of architect Paul Brazil.
The result is a totally charming home with a breezy New England feel and a layout that makes it seem larger than its 258sq m (2,773sq ft).
The ground floor has several rooms, most of them interconnecting. The hallway opens directly into a diningroom through twin pillars that give a grand effect.
On the other side of the hall is a small study fitted with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. Steps lead down to a delightful sunroom overlooking the garden, and with glazed double doors leading through to the tranquil sittingroom that is also open to the diningroom.
Also off the sunroom is the kitchen, with its handcrafted units in cooking apple green built around an old Aga.
A granite topped island unit takes up the centre of the room while meals are taken in the adjoining dining area where a bay window looks out on a lovely display of white Japanese anenomes.
There's a well fitted utility room and then steps leading up to a cosy television room with tongue and groove-lined walls. Upstairs the landing is lit by the tall window giving a fabulous view of the garden.
All but one of the bedrooms are comfortable doubles, and two are en suite, including the main bedroom with its bank of wardrobes and deep bay window looking out over the lawn towards the pavilion-style garden house.
There is a large family bathroom complete with Italian limestone floor and Jacuzzi bath.
The garden, which was designed first by Loretta Mooney and later by Ken Barnes of Formality, is beautifully kept.
There's a large patio edged in box, then a curved lawn with mature silver birch and a bed of French lavender, and then a third section of garden that is big enough for football nets, a trampoline and the garden house, which, inside, is one big playroom with a separate kitchen.
