Large and light-filled home in the embassy belt of Ballsbridge has rooms the size of apartments and a great sense of flow between its interior and exterior.
In a gated scheme just off the super prime Merrion Road in Ballsbridge, this double-fronted, architect-designed property has the kind of flow and seamless indoor-outdoor connections that many home hunters at this level of the market crave.
The B3 Ber-rated three-bedroom, four-bathroom detached house also offers serious levels of privacy for such a centrally located residence.
Address: Claremont, Shrewsbury, Dublin 4, D04 Y1F2
Asking price: Owen Reilly
Agent: €2.9 million
Situated in Shrewsbury, a gated scheme at Shrewsbury Park, its marble floors at the entrance level are warmed by underfloor heating.
They act like a giant radiator pushing warm air upwards and creating an environment where you can live in shorts and a t-shirt, no matter the weather outside.
With pocket sliding doors on all rooms at this level, the layout offers a flexible way of living that will suit families and also professionals who like to entertain.
It might even work as an embassy residence – this is Dublin’s embassy belt after all.
Extending to 295 square metres, it is generously proportioned.
The feature of its roomy hall is a solid oak staircase, stained a mahogany colour.
To the left is a large, dual-aspect sitting room, painted a calming salmon pink.
Extending to 46 square metres, the size of a one-bedroom apartment, it opens out to the garden.
In a deep bay window is a self-playing piano that sets the tone for the hotel finish home.
This is a restful space where you can close out the world on demand.
The kitchen is even more expansive.
Measuring about 80 square metres, the size of the average two-bedroom apartment, the kitchen was built for entertaining.
It is big enough to roller skate around, has Corian countertops and high-end appliances.
These include a Viking professional hob that has lightning-fast response times, making it a favourite with chefs.
A full-height wine fridge is surrounded by display cabinets. Elsewhere, there is a full-height Gorenge fridge and an undercounter Siemens freezer.
In the centre is a cross island that can seat up to four people.
This area could easily be reimagined as a larger solid island with more workspace.
There is also a separate utility.
There’s a lounge area that is home to a built-in media unit and a low-slung sofa that is the size of a tanker.
Overlooking the garden is the dining area, where there is a table that comfortably seats eight.
It opens out to the private terrace that is sheltered with mature planting and is lawned in artificial grass.
It allows for ease of movement between the outside and the interior.
The garden has its own irrigation and sound systems, meaning you can go on extended holidays and not have to get someone in to water the plants.
Comprising a dining area and a raised deck to catch the evening sun, it even has its own putting green on the side of the property.
The third room at this level is a light-filled study that is over 21 square metres in size.
A wet room adjoins it.
It is a space that could be used as a home office, a guest room or as a fourth bedroom.
Upstairs, there are three large bedrooms, all of which have en-suite bathrooms.
The principal is set up like many hotel rooms with the bed set against a vertical half-wall, concealing the clutter of a dressing table and wardrobes from view.
A wall of wardrobes runs the width of the room.
Bedroom number two opens out to a glass-balustraded terrace.
The house features high levels of insulation, has solar panels and a heat-recovery system, all part of the futureproof design by architect Rory Murphy for its previous owner, interior designer Breda Clifford.
The setting is ultra private.
The property is set behind two sets of gates: one at the entrance to the Shrewsbury development and a second set of electronic gates outside its grounds.
Agents Owen Reilly is seeking €2,900,000, which is a reduction of €300,000 on its original €3.2 million asking price.
