Killiney cottage beside ‘Rapunzel’ turret for €625,000

No 2 Killiney Hill Cottages is a fine revamped, terraced four-bed Victorian house

Number 2 Killiney Hill Cottages is a 139sq m (1,496sq ft) four-bed for sale  for €625,000.
Number 2 Killiney Hill Cottages is a 139sq m (1,496sq ft) four-bed for sale for €625,000.
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Address: 2 Killiney Hill Cottages, Killiney Hill Road, Killiney, Co Dublin
Price: €0
Agent: Vincent Finnegan

The two young daughters of the couple selling this house at the top of Killiney Hill Road call the tower at the back of their garden “Rapunzel’s Castle”. Number 2 Killiney Hill Cottages is one of a terrace of seven Victorian houses opposite the Druid’s Chair pub in Killiney village: its back garden nestles against the turreted arch across Victoria Road, around the corner.

Number two sold in 2014 for €525,000 and now – after extensive remodelling and modernisation – the 139sq m (1,496sq ft) four-bed is for sale again for €625,000 through Vincent Finnegan.

Number 2 Killiney Hill Cottages is a 139sq m (1,496sq ft) four-bed for sale for €625,000.
Number 2 Killiney Hill Cottages is a 139sq m (1,496sq ft) four-bed for sale for €625,000.

The couple who bought the house revamped it in accordance with guidelines on protected structures; they took down internal walls, put in a new staircase and created a smart modern home that feels reasonably spacious.

Steps lead down from busy Killiney Hill Road to the shared front gardens of the terrace: the front door of number 2, in the left-hand corner, opens into a small porch and then into a good-sized livingroom. It has a black marble fireplace with green tiles inset, recessed lighting and like the rest of the ground floor, high grade laminate timber-effect flooring.

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Number 2 Killiney Hill Cottages is a 139sq m (1,496sq ft) four-bed for sale for €625,000.
Number 2 Killiney Hill Cottages is a 139sq m (1,496sq ft) four-bed for sale for €625,000.

Bay window

A short hall leads to the open plan kitchen/sittingroom/diningroom: the dining table is tucked into a bay window with built-in-seating, which has views down across the back gardens of houses on Killiney Hill Road  towards the sea. A breakfast bar separates the kitchen from the sittingroom/diningroom: units are painted a soft grey, countertops are quartz, and a sliding door opens into a utility room.

There’s a neat fully tiled shower room near the foot of the stairs. Upstairs are four bedrooms, three modest-sized doubles and a single. Two of the bedrooms are prettily decorated princess-style; another bedroom – over the dining area –  has a bay window with the best views in the house. The main bedroom has a cast-iron fireplace, built-in wardrobes and a high arch with Velux windows (with blinds fitted). A bathroom is mostly tiled.

The back garden is small, quirky and very private: steps lead up to a rockery and more steps at the side lead to a small patio area with a garden swing – facing the view down to the sea – in a sheltered corner next to the high stone wall below the turret.

Number 2 Killiney Hill Cottages is a 139sq m (1,496sq ft) four-bed for sale for €625,000.
Number 2 Killiney Hill Cottages is a 139sq m (1,496sq ft) four-bed for sale for €625,000.

There is no parking with Killiney Hill Cottages: the couple usually park in the Druid’s Chair car-park opposite the pub or in spaces just outside the pub, with the pub’s permission.

Frances O'Rourke

Frances O'Rourke

Frances O'Rourke, a contributor to The Irish Times, writes about homes and property