Ratoath: from €269,000Good-sized one and two-bedroom apartments go on sale this weekend at Steeplechase, a well-landscaped development by McGarrell Reilly in Ratoath, Co Meath. Show units will be open for viewing, with joint agents Sherry Fitz-Gerald New Homes and Property Partners Brady Fitzgerald handling sales.
Eighteen apartments are on offer in this phase at Steeplechase Hill, with prices pitched at the first-time buyer market. These are larger than average and affordable, with one-beds of 53sq m (580sq ft) starting at €269,000.
Two-bedroom apartments of 78sq m (840sq ft) cost from €309,000. Completions are scheduled from now until summer 2007.
Viewers will be struck by the landscaping at Steeplechase, which is maturing now the development is entering its final phases. Architecture by McCrossan O'Rourke Manning is both traditional and modern, with extensive use of gold brick and pine windows. Landscaping by Ronan MacDiarmada greatly enhances the site.
Interiors are bright and have a modern spec. German-made Alno kitchens come with a chrome cooker hood, steel splashbacks and integrated doors, ready for other appliances which are not included in the price. Bathrooms include chrome fittings, wall tiling and pumped showers. Wardrobes are also part of the standard specification and interiors will be painted throughout in buttermilk tones. The apartments come pre-wired for an alarm.
Ratoath is about 15 miles from the city centre, close to the N2 and N3 and to Fairyhouse Racecourse. Steeplechase is within walking distance from the village on the Dunshaughlin Road. Viewing is on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
