Greystones €745,000NUMBER 42 Woodlands in Greystones, Co Wicklow is a fine, roomy five-bedroom detached family home. Measuring 243 sq metres (2,616 sq feet) it has an asking price of €745,000 through agents Sherry FitzGerald and offers families a lot more bang per square foot than properties closer to town.

The house is part of a small development built in 1996 by Ballymore Homes. It comprises 45 houses and a small apartment block in a sylvan setting of gorgeous mature trees and shrubs. It is just beyond one of Greystone’s two beaches, South Beach.

There are reception rooms on either side of the entrance hall. One is used as a family room cum study. The second has interconnecting doors into the dining room and a further set of glass doors leading out into the sunroom. Another door off the dining room takes you into the sizeable eat-in kitchen.

Here there are granite countertops and a porcelain tile floor. A small utility room is located off the kitchen. The sun room has roof lights and French doors that open onto the small but south-facing garden. A handy cloakroom and guest w.c are located off the hall. Upstairs there are five double bedrooms. The two to the front have en suite bathrooms. One of these, the master bedroom, has a walk-in closet and sizeable shower en suite that also boasts a bidet, a thing of rarity now in most modern bathrooms.

The other three bedrooms overlook the garden. Lean out the windows and you can see the sea. The property has rear access from both sides of the house and there is off-street parking for two cars.

Greystones is thriving and boasts a revitalised sense of community. It offers good school options; beautiful sea views, a vibrant cafe culture and more restaurants per capita than any village in Dublin, bar Ranelagh.

Adjacent to the house is the so-called “golden mile” of sports facilities.

42 Woodlands, Greystones, Co Wicklow

Description: Five-bedroom detached family home

Agent: Sherry FitzGerald