A three-bedroom semi-detached bungalow in a walled garden setting in the St Helen's Wood development, in Booterstown, Co Dublin, is expected to fetch over £300,000 at a Gunne Residential auction on November 30th.
Described by selling agent Robin Palmer as "what every trading down person wants", 26 Hampton Crescent is a well-kept house with a conservatory and enclosed garden backing on to the former stable block of St Helen's House, now the Radisson Hotel. The redbrick dormer bungalow has a floor area of about 1,000 sq. ft and a bright neutral decor throughout makes it appear larger. There is a long, rather narrow sitting-room with a polished maple floor and a reproduction white marble fireplace. Recessed down-lighters and wall mounted up-lighters give the room a feeling of extra height and space. An open archway leads into the conservatory which overlooks a timber deck and landscaped garden.
The conservatory in turn opens through another archway into the spacious kitchen, where there is a good range of floor and eye-level units topped in beech, with attractive tile splash-backs. Both the conservatory and the kitchen have polished timber floors.
Two of the bedrooms are downstairs and both are fairly small doubles. The larger of the two has built-in cupboards. The second bedroom would be ideal as a study or home office, or even as a dressing room. Both rooms share a bathroom with marble tiled floor. Upstairs, there is a landing with a linen cupboard and access to an attic storage area. The largest of the bedrooms is at this level and it is a striking room with a vaulted ceiling, a sky-light and built-in wardrobes on either side of the bed. While there is no en suite bathroom, an adjoining attic space could be converted to a shower room, according to the agents.
The house is one of about 20 semi-detached and terraced bungalows which are tucked away in a corner of the St Helen's estate with access under a clock tower archway. Several of the residents are retired.
There is a large area of communal ground that is landscaped and maintained by the management company, to which residents pay an annual service charge of around £375. Residents also have access to acres of woodland walks on the estate and to the St Helen's Radisson Hotel.
