A further 39 houses are going on sale this week in the second phase of Woodgreen's Maelduin development at Dunshaughlin, Co Meath. Two four-bedroom detached houses and 37 four-bedroom semis are available, with prices starting at £164,950. With an average density of six houses to the acre in Co Meath, room sizes are spacious and buyer interest is steady. Local company Sherry & Associates is the selling agent for the Maelduin scheme, which is located 100 yards from the Dunshaughlin's main street on the Navan side of the town. Through traffic, currently a nightmare, will be considerably reduced when the planned by-pass is up and running. A journey to town takes 35 minutes in ideal conditions.
The first phase launched two years ago is already occupied and the houses currently for sale will be ready to move into before Christmas. The entire 16-acre site is expected to be completed in two to three year's time.
Builders Woodgreen are currently working on major schemes at Laytown and Sallins. Significant developments they have previously been involved with include Palatine Square at Arbour Hill and the converted mill scheme at Cross Guns Quay at Phibsboro. The majority of houses in this phase are four-bedroom semi-detached and large at 1,560 sq ft. They are selling for £164,950, and £5000 more for those with end plots. They are double-fronted and have all-brick facades. The porched entrance hall has a guest lavatory and there is a study/family room facing the driveway. A connecting sittingroom/diningroom is on the opposite side of the hall.
There is an open fireplace in the sittingroom and patio doors from the dining end to the garden. The kitchen/ breakfastroom is large enough to fit a seating area at one end. Here there are also patio doors to the garden and purchasers have a choice of kitchen units. All four bedrooms upstairs are doubles and have fitted wardrobes, with an en suite shower in the main bedroom. The family bathroom is off the landing. The standard of finish is impressively high in the Maelduin houses and there are generous allowances for interior fittings. Wallpaper and paint is £1,500, fireplaces £750, tiling £400 and buyers have £1,800 to spend on the kitchen units. Internal doors are regency panelled and upstairs floors are tongue and groove.
There are advantages in living in a satellite town such as Dunshaughlin rather than an outer suburb of the city. There is a good selection of schools, churches, a library and plenty of shops. There is a thriving GAA club, golf, pitch and putt, a tennis club and riding school, good river fishing in the Boyne, and Fairyhouse race course is close by. The asking price for the two 1,650 sq ft four-bedroom detached houses is £184,950. These are all brick-fronted and rendered side and rear. The study is off the hallway at the front and there is a downstairs washroom. A wide sittingroom has connecting doors to the diningroom, which has glass doors to the garden. There is a roomy kitchen/breakfastroom with a choice of units and a utility room. The four bedrooms are doubles and all have fitted wardrobes with the master room en suite. The family bathroom is also upstairs.
Gardens are generous, in keeping with most Co Meath developments. They will be walled back and front and seeded. Open areas around the development are being landscaped as the scheme progresses.
