Dublin 14: €1.35m A pair of fine family homes in the successful Charleville Square scheme in Rathfarnham have just come on the market
When houses in the Charleville Square development in Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, first went on sale in 2001 a standard, detached house carried a price tag of €760,000. It's a measure of the market in the area, as well as of the development's popularity, that a similar house is today guiding €1.35m in advance of its auction by Lisney on 3rd March.
Number 44 Charleville Square has six bedrooms, four reception rooms, a kitchen/breakfastroom on 246 sq m (2,650 sq ft) of floor space.
There are market indicators too in the €2.11m paid for what is the largest house in the development last June and the €1.5m achieved for a corner house with garage sold at the end of the year.
Number 44 is in walk-in condition and has been painted and carpeted throughout in neutral shades of beige and cream.
A smallish family room to the front of the house has a fireplace with ash mantle and marble inset.
The tiled entrance hallway, which has underfloor heating, ends in a semi-circle from where doors lead to the guest toilet and the rest of the ground floor rooms.
The kitchen/breakfastroom moves in open-plan style into the sun room and the whole area benefits from the great deal of light thrown by four Velux windows and two sets of glass, patio doors to the garden.
The floor tiling has a touch of orange with ornate, stone-like insets. The kitchen has extensive cherrywood fittings as well as some sliding, storage baskets. A centre island/breakfast bar has a polished granite top and there are glazed-glass display cabinets. A utility room has a hanging area for cloaks.
The long living/dining room has a marble fireplace with cast-iron inset and a box bay window to the front. Double doors lead from the dining room to the sun room.
The main, ensuite bedroom, on the first floor, has two windows to the front and a bank of cherrywood wardrobes. The ensuite has mosaic tiling, toilet, wash hand basin, shower, box-style shelving and an attractive arched window.
The other four bedrooms on this floor also have built-in wardrobes. The family bathroom is white tiled with a deep bath, toilet, basin and glazed window.
The large ensuite attic-style bedroom has two Velux windows to the rear and a dormer window to the front. A walk-in wardrobe gives access to eaves storage. In the blue-tiled ensuite there is a shower, toilet and basin.
The rear garden is high fenced for privacy and has a selection of shrubs, lawn and Barna shed as well as patio area close to the house. There is off-street parking for two cars in the front, cobble-locked driveway.
