Co Wicklow/from €695,000: There are views of the upper and lower Roundwood lakes from Djouce Meadow, a development of 17 detached dormer bungalows in Roundwood village, Co Wicklow, which launches this weekend.
The five-bedroom showhouse is open for viewing with adjacent homes at an advanced stage. Three homes have already been sold off plans, three are designated social housing, leaving 11 for sale.
The houses are in a wide cluster around central green spaces. There are four different house types, with prices from €695,000 to €750,000. Designed by the Pádraig Smith Partnership and built by Croftbeam Co Ltd, this sits on an elevated rural site. All are either four and five-bed homes while 50 per cent of the properties fall within Wicklow County Council's "locals only" conditions, so that potential buyers must have lived or worked in the county for at least 12 months. H J Byrne, Bray is the selling agent.
Roundwood has a daily bus service to an from Dublin city centre, Bray Dart station, and is within commuting distance of the N11.
The bungalows have gable walls capped in granite, pine window frames with granite sills, a pine staircase with galleried landing, and Velux windows which fill the interiors with light.
The showhouse of 176sq m (1,894sq ft) costs €750,000, and six of these are available. The drawing room has a bay window and stone fireplace. Double doors open to a diningroom with patio door to rear. Two extra ground floor reception rooms could serve as extra bedrooms, or playrooms.
The kitchen by Country Kitchens of Ballymore Eustace has oak fittings topped in polished granite. There is an adjoining utility with door to rear garden.
