Number 12 Castleside Drive may be the perfect 19th hole for those who want to eat, drink and sleep golf. Situated in a quiet cul de sac, the garden of this 434sq m (4,670sq ft) detached home overlooks the seventh green and the eighth tee of Castle Golf Club, one of Dublin’s longest established clubs.
The owners are both members of the club and from the rear is a broad expanse of green, from the manicured greens of the course to the surrounding mature trees.
The house is a one-off. Some 32 years ago when the estate was being built the owner bought two adjacent sites and built one enormous, detached family home that was upgraded and extended in 1993 when they added a sun room and a snooker room, big enough to house a full-size table.
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Next to the sitting room is a good-size eat-in kitchen with French doors leading out to the garden. Adjacent to it is a lovely study with garden views. The next owner might consider amalgamating the kitchen and study to make a large room that includes a living area.
There is a formal drawing room to the front as well as the snooker room that could also work as a playroom or den.
Upstairs there are six bedrooms all with built-in wardrobes. There is a spacious double to the front that has access to a covered balcony and includes a sink and toilet off the room but not a shower.
The master bedroom also boasts glorious views of the course, has a walk-in wardrobe and a big en-suite bathroom with a sauna, round bath, separate shower and twin sinks.
In the winter the owners also love to batten down the hatches in the property’s sitting room which overlooks the garden and listen to “howling gales swish through the trees”.
Anyone viewing the house should note that the golf balls in the garden belong to the owner and not wayward balls from the nearby fairway. Broken windows will not be a worry as “golfers play away from the house”, the owner explains.
For golfing enthusiasts this could be the ideal home.
It is asking €1.495 million through agents DNG.
