Boutique developer Turkington Rock has built a fine family home full of light in the grounds of Sandyford House, D18.
Sandyford village has been transformed in the last few decades from a sleepy village to an outer suburb.
The large plots offer mini development opportunities to boutique developers.
Next to Sandyford House, on Sandyford village’s main street, is a really interesting new build that is private and delivers a layout that soaks up as much light and sun as possible.
Address: The Farmhouse, Sandyford Village, Sandyford, Dublin 18, D18 N23T
Asking price: €1.295 million
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Dundrum
Set well back from the road, the property was designed and developed by Turkington Rock, the kings of the south county Dublin suburban infill site developments.
The firm brought the listed three-storey detached Sandyford House, which dates from the late 1700s, into the 21st century with a very sympathetic refurbishment that delivered a four-bedroom, five-bathroom residence.
Set over three floors, which had a B1 BER rating and extended to 276 square meters. It sold for €1.425 million in 2023, according to the property price register, having been listed at €1.495 million.
The Farmhouse, built on lands originally part of Sandyford House, is a new build, which explains its very desirable A3 BER rating.
The four-bedroom, four-bathroom single-story house is set around a courtyard, its more agrarian front screened from the road by a privacy wall that mimics a traditional façade and keeps the property on the same building line as Sandyford House next door.
It’s a smart technique that creates a little mystique, too. Inside the house is warm yet contemporary.
The house opens into a hall that has a traditional boot room look with wainscot panelling and pegs for each household member’s outerwear.
There is a family room to the left, a valuable second living space. Three of the four bedrooms are down a hall beyond it.
Instead of the enclosed hallways of bungalows of old, this has a full wall of glass, washing it in natural light.
The front part of the house is under a pitched roof. This changes to a flat room as you enter the heart of the house, where there is a large square open plan room that houses the kitchen, dining, and a lounge area.
This open room has been smartly zoned to create a kitchen that has below-counter units along one wall, with floor-to-ceiling units on the adjacent wall
A monolith island, set perpendicular to the full-height units, creates a demarcation line between this and the lounge, with the back of the sofa facing the island.
It means you and the kids can be present, but they can be doing their own thing.
The dining area is at right angles to the sofa and makes use of one side of the island to incorporate built-in bench seating.
It’s a great way to accommodate extra kids at mealtimes - playdate friends will love staying for dinner. It faces another fully glazed wall that opens out to a courtyard garden.
There are two doors on this side of the kitchen. One leads through to a utility cum laundry room.
The second opens in a small hall and then on through to the walk-in wardrobe of the principal bedroom.
From here, you go right into the ensuite shower room, or left into the bedroom, which also opens out to the garden.
The exterior is sun-soaked and private. It has large, paved areas along with small lawned areas and a southerly aspect. It gives the kids freedom to roam a little, yet is enclosed.
There is pedestrian side access to the courtyard from the front.
Agents Sherry FitzGerald is seeking €1.295 million for the property, which measures 176 square metres.
