Looking to cross ‘buying a home’ off the never-ending to-do list this spring? This Killiney family home needs no improving, save for any superficial paint colour switch-ups you may wish to make.
Family homes, in walk-in condition, in good areas, remain in demand. Parents are busy and want to cross ‘buying a home’ off their never-ending to-do lists.
Number 9 Ballinclea Heights, a detached four-bedroom, four-bathroom family home, offers a flexible layout and enough space for most clans to grow into.
Address: 9 Ballinclea Heights, Killiney, Co. Dublin, A96 RV05
Asking price: €1,150,000
Agent Sherry FitzGerald Dalkey
Set in a quiet cul-de-sac, the property is on a good-sized plot, with off-street parking for several vehicles on its gravelled front and two EV chargers. There is also a garage to the side if your vehicles need protection from the maritime location, or it offers scope to extend into, should you need more than its current 206 square metres of space.
It opens into a large hall where the living space is set to the left. Here, there is an office that opens out to the terrace, a great way to escape screen time for a few minutes and break the day with a bout of fresh air.
Across the hall from it is the utility room. But the property’s big draw is the large open-plan kitchen cum living room. Tri-aspect, it is zoned to have the kitchen units to the left. Set in an L-shape, with ample room for a large double door fridge freezer, the white units have polished black granite worktops, as does the island. This extends to over 60 square metres in size.
The dining area overlooks the garden, which has a sandstone terrace that wraps around the room and two sets of double doors open out to the private space.
Private and bounded by mature trees and hedging. A stone half-wall separates the majority of the raised area, which is set out in lawn, from the paved terrace.
Extending to 19 metres in length with a gated side entrance and the garage on the other, this is an enclosed, safe space for small children to explore. The owners have used one side to install a mini playground with a climbing frame and a teepee.
The living area is set around a brick surround hearth with an inset stove. There is scope to install two large tanker-sided sofas to accommodate most of the fam and have room for an armchair too.
There are potentially three bedrooms at hall level, two of these are en-suite. If you don’t need all that accommodation, the third could also be used as a family room.
Upstairs is where the principal bedroom is. Overlooking the garden, it has a dressing area, wardrobes and a pretty ensuite bathroom with a pastel pink tiled shower stall, set in a chevron pattern.
Across the hall is an attic store room with roof lights and a porthole window bringing in lots of light. It faces east to the sea. You can watch the maritime traffic across Dublin Bay’s shipping channels.
Agents Sherry FitzGerald Dalkey is seeking €1.15 million for the B3 BER-rated house.
