A four-bedroom suburban family home in the beating heart of Foxrock village that rivals the townhouses on any of London or Dublin's central squares.
Address: 7 The Terrace, Torquay Road, Foxrock, Dublin 18, D18 RRK5
Asking price: €2.095 million
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald
The concept of swish townhouses in cities like London and New York is as old as much of the money that inhabits them.
Despite being set over several levels, they retain the spacious proportions, and it is this sense of scale that inspired developers Stephen Byrne and David Keogh of Carlson Homes to deliver The Terrace, a block of just eight four-bed redbricks on the corner of Torquay Road and Westminster Road, in the beating heart of Foxrock village.
Launched in 2021, the centrally located scheme was designed by Karol O’Mahony Architects, with DMVF brought on board for the build.
Number 7 is a mid-terrace, four-bedroom, four-bathroom property, one of eight in the row.
The uniformity outside belies a wealth of configuration possibilities inside.
It has lift access across its four floors, a feature more and more well-heeled buyers demand. Number seven opens into a roomy hall where there is the option to take the stairs or use the lift.
Both are out of sight, with the six-person elevator designed to sit flush with the wall, its discreet white facade deliberately fading into the background.
The installation of a lift demonstrates an understanding of what prime buyers are looking for.
It’s a sleek security blanket that future-proofs their time there, allowing ease of movement throughout, even if mobility is impaired, from the light-filled study to the front of the ground floor up to the sitting room on the first floor and the bedrooms above.
The smartly appointed kitchen to the rear is a Jonathan Williams design.
Bi-fold doors from here open out to the garden, where there is a raised terrace and barbecue area to the rear.
The firm also did much of the bespoke cabinetry throughout, which allows even the messiest of creatures to live a tidy life.
A gated entrance to the rear allows you to drive your car directly into the garage and enter the house through the back garden.
Each floor has a spacious landing, with the entire second level given over to the principal bedroom.
Its suite proportions include an enormous bedroom that commands the same space as the salon below, with a bathroom, which has a large shower stall and a separate, freestanding tub, featuring contemporary tiles by Project.
There is a dressing room across the landing. Extending to some 65sq m, it is the size of a decent two-bedroom apartment.
There are two more bedrooms on the third floor.
The one to the front has a raised terrace that overlooks the village, the racecourse, and the golf course, with views beyond to the mountains.
It seems far too special a space for full-time accommodation use, but traders-down could use it as a carrot to lure grown-up children home more often.
The rest of the time, it could be a bar with space to install a large TV screen, and from where you could watch live action on the racecourse through a set of binoculars.
The property, which extends to 266 square metres, is seeking €2.095 million through agents Sherry FitzGerald.
