Ten years ago, when the vendors decided to build a home on a site on Templeville Drive, an open-plan ground floor was a priority. The owners of a construction company, their goal was “open plan with nothing on show; no radiators, underground heating, just one big space. It was very different for the time.”
Number 122A has grown since. An attic conversion has given it a third storey and the addition of double glass doors the option to close off part of the open plan area, but is still a home with a difference on the 1950s built Templeville Drive. A tall house, it sits compactly on a corner site with an 18m-long rear garden and parking space to the front. The vendors are moving to accommodate a growing family.
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Agent DNG is asking €498,000 for the private-treaty sale. Including the attic space, no 122A is a decent sized 141sq m (1,525sq ft) over which there are two bedrooms (the main en suite), open living/dining/kitchen space, guest WC and en suite attic conversion. An Indian sandstone patio in the landscaped rear garden is separated by railings from a lawn ending in laurel hedging and high trees and where a block-built garden shed doubles as a utility room.
The open-plan area has a polished, wide plank hardwood floor, except for the working area of the kitchen which is ceramic tiled. The work tops and centre aisle are of polished granite. Electrically-controlled Velux windows in the pitched ceiling fill the space with light and French windows lead from here to the patio. A stove in a corner of the livingroom area gives a cosy feel.
The bespoke staircase climbs directly from the living area, running alongside the exposed brick of the gable wall – an attractive floor-to-roof feature. The main, en suite bedroom is to the front and has built-in wardrobes, as does a second, rear facing bedroom. The attic conversion has a sloped ceiling, a couple of velux windows and an en suite shower.
