Cabinteely: Anne Dempsey visits a modern house on a corner site with a lot of space.
St Gabriels, Cabinteely, Dublin 18 is a four-year-old development set in the original grounds of St Garbriel's Hospital. Some of the period buildings have been retained - as has a large section of the tree-shaded garden - giving a leisure and play area and serving to set the modern houses well back from the main road.
Number 29, a detached home situated on a corner site at the end of a cul de sac, is one of the two largest houses in the development with 260 sq m (2,800 sq ft) of accommodation spread over three floors. It is for sale by private treaty through Sherry Fitzgerald at €1.15 million.
Designed as a family home with rooms flowing into each other, features include solid wood flooring, a very stylish kitchen and clean uncluttered lines. The south-west facing walled garden retains a good feeling of privacy despite a convenient location just minutes from Cabinteely village. The hall is floored in Italian polished Travertine tile. To the right is a large L-shaped family room currently serving as a play room and to the left is the drawingroom decorated in shades of magnolia with crimson touches. The square bar window has an attractive low sill, and a maple mantelpiece frames the coal-effect fireplace. Both rooms are floored in oak.
Double doors connect drawing to diningroom which in turn leads to a hexagonal sunroom currently used for family dining. Floored in Chinese slate, doors open to the garden and internally to the kitchen/breakfast room. Here the fittings are in maple topped by black granite, and there is an extensive array of integrated equipment including double Brittania oven and hob, microwave, washing machine, glazed cabinets, wine cooler and wine rack. A central island with kidney-shaped seating inset provides under counter storage via deep drawers and pull out baskets. An adjoining utility room is plumbed, and an understairs storage room is accessed from the kitchen. There is a wc off the hall.
There are four bedrooms and a family bathroom on the first floor. One of the two double bedroom has an en suite shower room, and all bedrooms have generous built-in wardrobes. The main bathroom is decorated in shades of blue. Stairs continue to the top floor with en suite master bedroom and dressing room. A triangular-shaped window with deep sill gives views across to Killiney Hill. The en suite bath and shower room has mosaic tiles, large modern mirror and recessed open shelving, while the walk-in dressing room provides ample hanging and shelf space.
The landscaped and cobblelock front drive offers off-street double parking. A tall side gate leads to the south-west facing rear garden which incorporates deep patio section, lawn, wooden garden shed, the whole bound by timber fencing and a high original granite boundary wall.
