Entering Áras Eibhear on Brennanstown Road in Carrickmines is reminiscent of how Alice in Wonderland might have felt after she drank the magic shrinking potion. In the hallway, a sweeping mahogany staircase leads to a minstrel’s gallery which would happily accommodate an orchestra.
The word spacious is an understatement in this 25-year-old property that has a footprint of 910sq m, and looks as though it was built with the ambition of entertaining on a grand scale. Rooms are vast but the space, which has been staged for sale, avoids feeling cold or uninviting.
Off the hallway is a drawing-cum-dining room which opens on to a south-facing patio. All rooms on the ground floor feature French windows leading out to take full advantage of the aspect.
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A “library” – without a book to its name – runs the width of the house. The remnants of a waste water pipe indicates this may have been a bar in a former life.
The Hamptons-style kitchen has had a recent lick of paint so feels new and leads to an informal breakfast area. Two further reception rooms are downstairs in the main section of the property.
In a wing off the main house, leisure enthusiasts will delight at the indoor 10m pool with his-and-hers changing rooms, plus a gym room – complete with a wall of mirrors – to ensure the perfect posture during a workout.
There are more rooms in the leisure wing and have a multitude of uses for new owners. Upstairs, the staff accommodation is made up of two bedrooms, two livingrooms and a kitchen, which at 106sq m is the size of a standard family home.
There are five bedrooms, all en suite and most have a separate dressing area. With so many extra rooms this could be increased to seven or eight bedrooms.
The main bedroom, as one would expect of such a property, is very large with a balcony overlooking the 1.2 acres of gardens and tennis court.
The property is in turn-key condition although a lick of paint on the exterior would do no harm.
It is a receiver sale by Mazars and is on the market through agent Hunters with an asking price of €2.35 million.
