A seaside classic in Clontarf that has been upgraded to give a large open-plan kitchen cum family room, a separate living room, and a hot tub in the back garden, to enjoy when the sun goes down.
Built at a time when development allowed for larger plots of land, number 28 Castle Grove demonstrates how that level of room is the essence of everyday luxury.
The box bay-fronted 1930s redbrick has retained its original good looks thanks to a sympathetic renovation that took place in 2017.
Address: 28 Castle Grove, Clontarf, Dublin 3, D03 PW57
Asking price: €1.495 million
Agent: Grimes
The semi-d opens into a hall that now has panelling redolent of the era in which the house was built.
There’s a similarly light touch taken with the shaker-style cabinetry in the kitchen.
Accessed from the hall via double glass doors, this room is zoned to include a dining area with built-in banquette seating that overlooks the garden.
The kitchen riffs on the 1930s but has a classic contemporary sensibility. Both island and countertops are finished in quartz, which helps bounce light around.
Rooflights let even more light in.
The open plan space is warmed by underfloor heating with large-format porcelain tiles radiating warmth.
The living room overlooks the front and has been enlarged to easily accommodate two sofas and a keyboard, which sits in the bay window.
Built-in cabinetry painted teal blue runs along the party wall, a storage idea that continues along the wall into the back and gives a lovely sense of continuity to the overall look.
It’s a peaceful space that, thanks to pocket doors, can be closed off from the open plan space to the back.
When opened, you can see further bespoke bookcases lining the same party wall, with brass-look picture lights bringing in gentle illumination.
Both the front room and family area of the open plan kitchen have the same marble-surround fireplaces.
The west-facing garden gets oodles of sun, so much so that the owners have installed a hot tub you climb up to, beside a gym in the garden room, a space that is stained in a deep green.
An awning hangs off the back wall to shade the seated area and paved patio at high noon. The rest of the garden is laid out in artificial lawn.
Also at the entrance level is a home office, cleverly hidden behind the original garage doors with daylight coming in from a skylight above.
This room has direct access to the garden.
There’s also a guest w.c and a utility room.
There are three bedrooms on the first floor, two doubles and a single.
A dormer attic room on the second floor is home to the fourth bedroom, which has an ensuite bathroom.
For those commuting to schools, it’s a short walk to the bus corridor on the Howth Road and about a 10-minute walk to Killester Dart station.
Agents Grimes is seeking €1.495 million for the C1 BER-rated property that extends to 195 square metres.
There is off-street parking for several vehicles.
St. Anne’s Park and Dollymount Strand are just short walks away.
