Move over saunas. Backyards have a new status symbol, one that extends the summer mood all year round. Joining a list of celebrity fans that already includes Clodagh McKenna, Catherine, Princess of Wales, First Dates Fred Sirieix and Diarmuid Gavin, this turnkey A-rated terraced four-bedroom residence in Shankill has one.
We can’t fail to miss back-to-school season.
Telegraphed loudly across all media channels, it brings the long hot summer mood down in a way nothing else will.
If you’re suffering from this particular version of seasonal adjustment syndrome and looking for a large family home, with its proximity to the beach, number 4 Eaton Way is a place where you can enjoy summer all year round.
Address: 4 Eaton Way, Shankill, Dublin 18, D18 WF8A
Asking price: €950,000
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald
Built in 2021, the A-rated four-bed terraced house is one of just 14 homes in Eaton Way, a gated development in Shankill village that was built in the grounds of period property Eaton Braw House.
It is within a five-minute walk of the Dart station and a similar distance to the beach; a shingle stretch that extends along two kilometres of coastline with views of Bray and Howth.
The house has everything a two-car family needs, starting with off-street parking for both vehicles and an electric-charging point.
The house opens into a bright hall with a living room at the front. This space sets the décor tone for the whole ground floor.
It has pale timber flooring, warmed by underfloor heating, and a large media unit that is a monochromatic mix of inky black with soft pebble white cabinets floating above it.
It’s a palette that is executed to great success in the open plan space at the back.
Fitzgerald Kitchens has designed a monolith wall of cabinetry that features black full-height units bookending above- and below-counter units, with the splashback and countertops finished in a contrasting stone.
This same material is carried through to the large waterfall-style island, where there is space for family members to perch. The room also conceals a utility.
At the back of the house, overlooking the garden, is a sitting room.
There’s a guest W.C. beside the stairs which rise through the house like a spine.
Upstairs, the primary bedroom opens out to a balcony with a west-facing aspect, has a walk-through wardrobe and an ensuite bathroom. The other three bedrooms are all doubles.
The garden is modest in size but gets east and southern light.
This explains the installation of a really smart new type of garden room that is finding favour with everyone from Clodagh McKenna to gardening pro, Diarmuid Gavin, and TV's most famous Frenchman, Fred Sirieix, the maître d of First Dates.
The owners use their glass house as a sun room, but it could equally be used as a place to dine, à la Clodagh McKenna, to grow veg, as per Fred and Diarmuid, or to simply lie back and soak up the solar gain on lounger-like garden furniture.
One of just six four-bedroom houses in the scheme, and located off Eaton Brae and Corbawn Lane, agents Sherry FitzGerald Bray is seeking €950,000 for the A-rated residence, which extends to 164 square metres.
