Castlecomer Road: from €285,000One scheme comes with plasma screens and a high tech showhouse, the other with a €10,000 discount for people who sign quickly. Kate McMorrow reports
The last six houses and apartments go on sale today at Ardilea, a high-specification development at Lovers Lane, off Castlecomer Road, Kilkenny city.
ERA Donohue Properties are selling three six-bedroom houses, two five-beds and one two-bedroom apartment.
Included among the largest houses is the furnished showhouse, which comes with seven LCD or plasma screens, Neff appliances and a fully-landscaped garden.
Developers William Phelan & Son are a local family firm of builders who take pride in quality workmanship.
Ceilings at Ardilea are high and ground and first floors are concrete, with zoned underfloor heating.
Timber windows are included and front drives are cobblelocked.
The houses come wired for surround sound, CCTV and a network system.
Prices start at €285,000 for a two-bedroom apartment of 67sq m (717sq ft). This is in a three-storey block of 24 units.
Two five-bedroom detached houses of 228sq m (2,454sq ft) cost from €629,950.
Also for sale are two 270sq m (2,906sq ft) six-bedroom detached houses, one with a double garage, priced at €770,000 and €870,000.
The showhouse costs €755,000 and is fitted out to an exceptional standard, with LCD or plasma screens in five of the six bedrooms and in the two sittingrooms. Italian marble floors are also part of the sale.
Limed oak kitchen units are topped with stone and integrated appliances include an electric oven, gas hob, extractor, dishwasher, fridge-freezer and microwave.
A washing machine and dryer are in the utility room.
All the houses are three-storey, equalling the apartment block in height.
Five-bedroom houses have the top floor as a guest bedroom suite.
In six-bedroom houses, this level is a vast recreation area with sauna and dressingroom.
Early buyers have begun to move in at Ardilea and completions for this phase are scheduled for spring 2007.
'The showhouse is ready to move into right away. Viewing is by appointment with ERA Donohue.
Callan Road: from €314,950
Houses and duplexes on the outskirts of Kilkenny City go on sale from plans today at the offices of Sherry FitzGerald McCreery.
The College Park site is off the Callan Road in an area designated by city planners as a new residential community at the western end of the city.
The funky design of these houses and apartments and variety of frontages will appeal to young first-time buyers.
Developers are three Kilkenny builders, Denis Treacy, Kevin Moore and Paddy Raggett, working under Breagagh Property Management.
Thirty-four units in a mix of houses and duplexes, all three-beds, are left out of 67 in phase one of College Park. Prices are from €314,950 for a 105sq m (1,130sq ft) three-bedroom duplex unit.
Three-bedroom mid-terrace houses of 104sq m (1,119sq ft) cost from €319,950. Three-bed semis are also for sale, priced from €334,950 for 104.6sq m (1,126sq ft) of space. All the houses will have front and back gardens.
The developers will give a €10,000 discount or vouchers for this amount to buyers signing contracts within three weeks of the issue date.
The development plan for this new village will provide new roads, community facilities, schools and services for home owners.
Completions are expected by November 2007.
