Situated high up on the Carrickbrack Road, above the scenic route to Howth, Tamarind is a fine-size, four-bedroom dormer built in 2002 to a design by architect Michael Mohan.
While not being sold as a property with sea views, you see glimpses of the southerly coast of Sutton Cross and the northern sweep of Bull Island through the mature trees that surround the residence. These include mature Scots Pine, copper beech and sycamore.
The house is well laid out with a large travertine floored hall and a slew of so-called engine rooms to the left. These include a pitch-roofed garage, big enough for one car, a cloakroom, separate guest toilet and utility. All of these are sizeable, and together comprise about the scale of a decent-sized, one-bedroom apartment .
Indeed some 39sq m of its overall footprint, almost 13 per cent of its sizeable 305sq m/3,283sq ft, have been given over to these spaces, which really helps to declutter the rest of the property and keep noisy appliances out of the kitchen.
The lodge-style house is appropriately named, for its decor riffs on that of the tropics, with all the downstairs rooms opening out to its mature and private south by southwest facing garden.
The eat-in kitchen, designed by McNally, leads through to a bright and airy formal dining room where a whole wall is panelled in bird’s eye maple.
There are two more reception rooms, which means there is space for everyone to be able to socially distance from the rest of the family.
A sitting room faces to the front but it is the drawing room that is the scene stealer. For a formal room with ceiling heights of more than 3.3m and a coffered ceiling and inset stove, it feels effortlessly casual. It links through to a sun room, a great space to retire to, where you can enjoy its rays at almost any time of the day.
A custom oak staircase wends its way up to the first floor where the accommodation is set around a galleried landing.
There is much use of teak plantation shutters in the bedrooms, two of which have en suite bathrooms. The main bedroom is dual aspect and simply enormous, while a twin room to the front has a large round window.
The garden has been lovingly planted by the owners who are both keen gardeners. It shows; boundary walls are screened by specimen trees including Scots pine, a copper beech and sycamore.
Set well back from the busy road, behind electric gates, the view once you exit the property will fill your heart with joy for you can see across the city all the way to Portmarnock. St Fintan’s National School is down the road, about a 10-minute walk, while the Dart station at Sutton is about a 25-minute, very scenic walk.
The property has a C1 Ber rating and is asking €1.6 million through agents Sherry FitzGerald.
