Killiney: Number 4 Shanganagh Terrace, Killiney Hill Road, a four-bedroom villa-style house in Ballybrack, Co Dublin, promises stylish comfort with easy access to Dublin.
Agent Lisney is quoting a guide of €825,000 prior to auction on October 15th.
Originally built in 1851, the property, set in in a quiet, verdant lane, has been fully renovated by its current owners to combine light and airy modern living with the aesthetic details associated with buildings of that period. Both the DART and the beach are only minutes' walk away.
The facade of the double-fronted house, painted peach with white detail, looks inviting. The front door opens into a spacious, high-ceilinged hall; original part stained-glass windows at either end allow rosy light to filter in.
The door to the left leads into a large, open family room/kitchen. The windows to the front of the house face south, bringing much light into this friendly space.
The living and dining area is painted in light moss green; it has original floorboards and a light grey marble fireplace. The kitchen features a Siematic kitchen in pale birch with stainless steel fitting and black marble worktops.
Off the kitchen to the back, a utility room has been fitted with high cabinets that make the most of the space offered by such high ceilings.
To the right of the hall, the connecting living and diningrooms have been made warm and cosy in rich Bordeaux red. Dark grey marble and black iron fireplaces, with original tiling on the hearth, and cream carpets, cornicing and details complete the ambience.
Stairs at the back of the house lead down to the sleeping quarters, with the exit to the back garden on the return. Two doors on the left from the downstairs hall lead into adjoining, good-sized bedrooms, with linking doors - ideal, then, for children who sometimes get on, and sometimes don't.
A modern bathroom at the end of the hall features an inlaid detail of fish on the marble floor. To the right, a door opens into the en suite main bedroom.
A walk-in wardrobe/dressing area offers copious space for storage with rails and shelves. A fourth bedroom on that side also has extra room off the side for storage or dressing.
The niches in the varying rooms where the fireplaces used to be were creatively transformed by the architect who redesigned the interior - one has been fitted with shelves for books, another harbours an elaborate dolls' house. All rooms have windows with new shutters
Gardens front and back are fully landscaped. Made very private by its surrounding stone walls, the back garden includes a stone terrace and raised beds along the edges, and catches the sun in the evening. The front garden has room for parking, with a cobbled path and mature plants and shrubbery.
