Giving every appearance of a traditional, 1950s bungalow from the outside, 20 Waltersland Road opens its front door to a burst of colour and originality of design that makes for living spaces that are both family- and entertaining-friendly. “We’re a sporty family,” the owner says, “so the layout is intended to facilitate that and large gatherings.”
It does so with elan. The central well of the house is the “relaxing room” – an oak floored, stove heated, Velux lit haven. From this all else flows: kitchen-breakfastroom, dining room, TV room and stairs to a mezzanine and first floor pitched-window, en suite bedroom.
A rear sun/dining room is also key to the design plan. The width of the house, it has a vaulted, oak-beamed ceiling, embedded barbecue, oak flooring and a wall of windows which, given the house’s 65ft above sea level elevation, gives views as distant as Howth and Dollymount Strand.
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Things weren’t always thus. Some 25 years ago the vendor paid Ir£72,000 for what was a single storey, 1951-built bungalow with three bedrooms. Today’s house has four bedrooms, four reception rooms and a kitchen-breakfastroom, in 185sq m (2,000sq ft) of floor space. Agent Daphne Kaye is quoting €825,000 through private treaty.
Dramatic touches abound in burgundy coloured walls, strategic Velux lighting, a dolphin-painted bedroom wall, a trio of cast-iron multi-fuel-burning stoves, burgundy Stanley range in the kitchen and embossed wallpaper in a bathroom where the bath is free-standing.
Three of the bedrooms, including the main en-suite, are on the ground floor. A study/work area has been incorporated on the mezzanine landing. The sheltered, split-level rear garden has stone walls, a built-in barbecue and bank of specimen bamboo at the end.
