Family dormer to lose some sleep over

MOUNT MERRION €1.3M NUMBER 1 Wilson Road, Mount Merrion, Co Dublin is a substantial family home with a price cut.

MOUNT MERRION €1.3MNUMBER 1 Wilson Road, Mount Merrion, Co Dublin is a substantial family home with a price cut.

Colliers Jackson-Stops is quoting a €350,000 reduction to €1.3 million for the dormer-style bungalow. With 230sq m (2,500sq ft) of space excluding the garage, the house has five bedrooms, three reception rooms, two family bathrooms and en suite main bedroom. Hallmarks of the house include cream walls, wooden floors in most rooms and lots of natural light.

The hall is a welcoming space with a polished maple floor and light pouring in through the ornate stained glass front door.

The kitchen/breakfast room is accessed through double doors from the hall and has wide plank floors, a lovely cream country classic kitchen with a black granite work top and double sink unit, integrated appliances and a 30-year-old cream Aga which has been re-enamelled.

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A warm inviting room, the breakfast area has an open fireplace with wooden mantle and marble hearth and stairs to the first floor.

The livingroom is through double doors and is a large unfussy room with an open fireplace. Another smaller room currently serves as a family room and also comes with an open fireplace with tiled surround and built-in shelving.

One of the bathrooms has partially panelled walls and a cubicle with a power shower.

All the bedrooms are doubles with the smallest potentially doubling as a study. The main bedroom on the upper level has a quirky domed ceiling and lots of storage built into the eaves. It comes with a walk-in wardrobe and an en suite bath and power shower.

The house has parking to the front and a lawned area bordered by a large hedge. There are two other garden areas, one to the right laid as a patio with trellising, the other a side garden laid in lawn with mature hedging and a child’s play house and shed. There’s also a large double garage. To the rear of the house is a passageway with an outhouse used as a laundry room with washing machine, tumble dryer and boiler.

Edel Morgan

Edel Morgan

Edel Morgan is Special Reports Editor of The Irish Times