In 2026, all modern conveniences mean an air-to-water zoned heating system, showhouse condition, A-rated, and room for every family member. This Donabate four-bed semi has it all.
Before Ber ratings, air-to-water heat pumps and high-spec insulation, there was a time in the last century when home hunters were delighted to purchase homes that had all the modern conveniences of the day: central heating, washing machines and a dishwasher.
Expectation levels have risen in the 60 years since this sales patter was popular.
Now buyers want light, space, and A-rated homes offering a flexible layout that can work as a home office, a TV or a playroom for the kids.
This room also needs to do double duty as a spare bedroom on the nights when your partner’s snoring has you heading for it, the sleep divorce.
Address: 10 Kingsland, Beaverstown Road, Donabate, Co. Dublin, K36A432
Asking price: €650,000
Agent: DNG
Number 10 Kingsland is a four-bedroom, four-bathroom semi set in a small estate of buff-brick houses constructed by Roxtip Ltd, a company led by developer Bernard McNamara.
Built in 2018, the A3 Ber-rated residence is set over three floors and extends to 148 square metres.
It also has a flexible layout that can switch roles as the kids grow.
It has all the mod cons buyers want in 2026.
These include an air-to-water zoned heating system, multiple bathrooms, a main living space that is open plan and an option to have another living space, this one with a door to shut out the noise that comes with family life.
The property, a former showhouse, does all that.
It opens into a dual aspect, open plan ground floor, that is zoned to accommodate the living room at the front, the dining area in the middle and the kitchen at the back.
Off it is a laundry room that leads into a guest w.c., the first of four in the property.
The back door opens out to a west-facing garden that has been landscaped.
There is a garden room out here that offers a detached working-from-home solution.
On the first floor, there are potentially three bedrooms, one of which has an ensuite bathroom.
Currently, the owners use the third bedroom as a family room cum office.
It gives a bit of distance from the hubbub of the kitchen level below.
The principal bedroom runs the depth of the second floor.
The dual-aspect space enjoys an ensuite bathroom and a walk-in wardrobe.
There is off-street parking for two cars at the front.
The large semi-detached house is on the edge of Donabate village, at the seaward side, with Portrane’s gorgeous beach and coastline a short cycle or drive away.
There is a commuter train service to Connolly Station, along the Dundalk/Drogheda line.
Agents DNG is seeking €650,000 for the property.
