McGarrell Reilly launches luxury new detached houses at Stepaside Park, Dublin 18, a development within a development accessed through the mature estate of the same name built by the firm and completed in 2004.
Set up by Seán Reilly, one of the so-called Maple 10, in the early 1980s, McGarrell Reilly became best-known for its work on Malahide Marina, where works started in 1995, and Lusk Village. More recent developments include a new phase of five-beds at Steeplechase in Rathoath, and Barnwell at Hansfield in Clonsilla where the company is selling two-, three- and four-bed homes.
When complete, this new Dublin 18 estate will comprise 46 detached homes, predominantly four-bed properties of 155sq m (1668sq ft).
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Ten houses are being launched in phase 1, nine of them four-bedroom properties, asking between €725,000 and €739,000, and one five-bed asking €795,000.
As part of their promotion, selling agent SherryFitzGerald recently held information evenings at its Foxrock and Dundrum branches, but instead of using traditional floor plans, virtual technology was employed to “walk” potential buyers through the build and the offer. Of 60 viewing parties, about 10 per cent expressed an interest, says selling agent Sarah Murray.
The brick-fronted four-beds measure 155sq m (1688sq ft) in size, have granite window sills and there are two styles of home to choose from. You access the Willow as you would a period home, via a set of granite steps. The period-house feel continues inside where the reception rooms have 10-foot ceiling heights. This gives the new home’s entrance hall and rooms to the front a sense of grandeur often missing from modern homes.
Gorgeous space
The living room is a gorgeous space with a Gazco insert fire creating a warm, welcoming glow.
A set of steps leads up to the dining room and through to the kitchen, a design by Nolan Kitchen that features Neff appliances. There are French windows leading out from both rooms to the paved patio and landscaped garden. This style of house, the Willow, is classically appointed.
A steep set of stairs leads up to the first floor where there are four big bedrooms, two of which have roomy, naturally lit, en-suite shower rooms. The showers are supplied without shower doors which, considering the properties are asking almost three-quarters of a million euro apiece, is a small drawback.
Across the street, is the Birch, a more contemporary-style showhouse. The layout is the same but, in this house, the living room ceiling is 8.6ft high and you step down into the open plan dining room and kitchen. From its first-floor bedrooms, there is a glimpse of the sea, a view that won’t change once houses are built to the rear as the site slopes downwards.
Each house has two parking spaces out front, a gated side entrance and there are management fees of about €463 per annum to maintain the grounds – an outlay that has helped the surrounding mature estate look good and command some of the highest asking prices in the village.
Glencairn Green line Luas stop is about a 20-minute walk.
