A beautiful cherry blossom greets you at the gates of number 35, Granville Park, where Maria and Tom Igoe have raised their family. Now an empty nest, they have placed their 196sq m (2,110sq ft) home on the market through estate agent Savills with an asking price of €945,000.
Set back off Granville Road, this is a fine-sized family home with a generous garden, which so few new houses in the capital seem to have these days.
The front of the house has a small porch which is a suntrap and a perfect spot to grow tropical plants. The Igoes have sat and read the newspaper here for more than two decades.
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Inside, the front hallway is lit by the many windows over the staircase and it houses some of the couples' extensive art collection. One piece is a linocut by Jamie Murphy; a scene of the Titanic , the ink for which was made with coal salvaged from the Titanic itself.
The kitchen, which overlooks the rear garden, is large and bright, though new owners will probably want to update the decor.
A well-proportioned drawingroom is bright, thanks to two large sets of windows that overlook the back garden. A polished sandstone feature fireplace stands at one end of the room, adjacent to a door to the dining-cum-livingroom, which Marie describes as the party room.
The family decided to split the connecting garage in two many years ago which has given them a large utility with the perfect temperature for storing fruit and vegetables.
Upstairs, the master bedroom has lovely pine flooring and two walk-in wardrobes, one of which new owners may decide to turn into an en suite. A second bedroom is large with plenty of storage in the eaves, and the third bedroom is smaller with blue walls and ceiling complete with fluorescent stars. The fourth bedroom downstairs is currently used as an office.
The Igoes have raised their three sons here and, coincidently, the previous owners of the house also raised three sons here.
What may have attracted these families and what will appeal to prospective buyers is the wraparound garden with lots of grass and mature apple trees.
The garden of number 35 is ideal for football and climbing and the eaves in those bedrooms are just perfect for hide-and- seek.
