New to the Market: Former showhouses tend to be good buys, their gardens well landscaped and with a standard of finish designed to impress buyers.
Bloomfield, a four/five-bedroom bungalow on a one-acre corner site, was the showcase for The Poplars, a small development built in the early 1990s in Delgany, Co Wicklow.
Jackson-Stops is seeking over €895,000 by private treaty for this 214 sq m (2,300 sq ft) house, which is in a quiet cul-de-sac off Convent Road, about a quarter of a mile from the centre of this pleasant village.
On a choice corner site of an acre, the detached house is by now surrounded by mature growth, with silver birch and thick hedgerows providing privacy. The immaculate interior is decorated in soft neutral tones. Off the tiled entrance hall is a bright cream-painted sittingroom with floor-to-ceiling windows looking out on the garden. Radiators are covered and the marble fireplace has a carved timber surround. Also cream, the formal diningroom is timber-floored, with a door to the kitchen and sliding doors to a flagged sunroom. The sun room connects through double doors to a family room which opens to an outside deck.
Like the rest of the house, the kitchen/breakfastroom is an airy family-friendly space, with custom-built cream units and ceramic flooring. There is a built-in dresser in the breakfast area. Next door, the utility room is fitted out for laundry use, with shelving and storage cupboards.
Two of the five bedrooms include en suite shower rooms with power showers; there is a large corner bath in the family bathroom. All the bedrooms could fit a double bed, although the current family uses the fifth bedroom as a study/music room.
With children's football games in mind, the large garden is laid out mainly in lawn, with a good selection of specimen trees and flowering shrubs.
A tarmacadam drive has parking for up to four cars and there is a decked terrace.