Dublin 16: from €410,000Houses and apartments go on sale today at Stocking Wood, a major new scheme off Stocking Lane in Rathfarnham, Dublin 16.
Joint agents Hooke & MacDonald and Orchard Real Estate Alliance are taking bookings for two-bedroom apartments and three and four-bedroom houses at this southside development, which will include 850 new homes when completed.
The scheme will be landscaped anddeveloper Deane Homes is also planning to professionally landscape 11 acres of parkland opposite the development. A small shopping complex and crèche will be next to the development.
Prices start at €410,000 for two-bedroom apartments of 70-75sq m (750-800sq ft). Three-bedroom houses of 93sq m (1,000sq ft) cost from €595,000, while four-bedroom houses of 120sq m (1,300sq ft) start at €690,000.
Architect Frank Elmes is responsible for design at Stocking Wood. Exteriors are in traditional Tudor-style with red brick, pebble-dash and white plaster.
Interior features include a stone sittingroom fireplace with gas insert, cherry inlay doors, nickel switches and an oak Shaker-style kitchen with granite worktops and a full range of appliances.
Bathrooms come with wall tiling and power showers. Wardrobes have ivory-painted doors and maple-finish linings.
The houses and apartments will be centrally wired for an entertainment system and internet access.
Back gardens will be levelled and seeded and there will be useful side gates.