A large, bright detached house halfway between Dalkey and Sandycove in south county Dublin, once a modest dormer bungalow, has been extended and now has five bedrooms, a huge family room/sunroom and a kitchen designed for maximum efficiency.
Anton, 19 Castlepark Road, Dalkey, Co Dublin, a family home in walk-in condition with a large, beautifully landscaped back garden, is now for sale by private treaty for € 1.575 million through Sherry FitzGerald.
The “deceptively spacious” cliche is accurate in the case of this house near the corner of Castlepark Road and Hyde Road: from the front, it looks like a traditional 1930s home. But the current owners, who moved here 23 years ago, have extended it three times since then; now, with two levels at the back, it has 346sq m (3,725sq ft) of space.
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Utility room
The family room/sunroom and kitchen are the most striking rooms in the house: the sunroom has a polished maple floor and a vaulted ceiling with three roof windows and double doors opening on to the back garden. A large dining area opens at the side into the long kitchen/breakfastroom.
It’s a modern kitchen with granite-effect countertops, a range, big American fridge and cream units. It also has a spacious utility room off it on one side and on the other, a good-sized room described as a walk-in airing cupboard with lots of shelving and hanging space.
The house is spoilt for dining areas – there’s a good-sized table in the kitchen, another in the family room and one in the original diningroom.
The interconnecting livingroom/diningroom are at the front, in the original part of the house. Other downstairs rooms include a sittingroom, a study, an area used as a home gym and a shower room.
Upstairs, there are five double bedrooms; the main bedroom that overlooks the back garden has a large fully-tiled en suite with bath and separate shower. There’s also a separate shower room.
The colourful back garden has a large patio area beside the house and a spacious lawn with a gazebo at the far end. There is lots of room for off-street parking at the front of the house.
