From a half-moon living area to a crescent-shaped breakfast bar atop a curved kitchen, this penthouse apartment, made from amalgamating two units together, with all of A94 at your feet, is all about undulating soft lines.
Money buys freedom, the liberty to ask for what you want and to get it.
When the owner of this penthouse at Beechwood Court viewed the property plans, he asked the builder to amalgamate two units.
This included the penthouse, then drawn as a two-bedroom unit, on the seventh floor, with a two-bedroom apartment on the level below, the sixth floor.
Address: Penthouse 211 and 215, Beechwood Court, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, A94 CX97
Asking price: €1.395 million
Agent: Lisney Sotheby’s International Realty
The result is an outrageously large abode that is listed as measuring 230 square metres, but selling agent Stephen Day of Lisney Sotheby’s International Realty says he’s having it rechecked because he feels it could more likely extend to 260 square metres in size, the size of three large 120 sq m semi-d's.
It comes to market as a three-bedroom, four-bathroom duplex penthouse with expansive views towards Dublin City and Dublin Bay.
Set at the edge of the four-lane N11 it the demi-lune-shaped top floor faces the junction with Brewery Road, its expansive views look all the way across the water to Howth Head.
Spacious throughout, with recessed tray ceilings, the roomy hall extends to 18.5 square metres.
Off it is a curvaceous kitchen with an elliptical-shaped island topped with a crescent-shaped breakfast bar.
The marble countertop undulates below with wall cabinetry on the opposite wall, also following a curved line.
It’s a welcoming space that you will want to gather around.
Two steps take you down a level to the dining room cum living room.
Its ceiling is a mirror image of the steps.
It’s a space so bright that you might just have to wear aviators, with rich walnut flooring underfoot and a wall of floor-to-ceiling curved glazing.
This opens out to a large roof terrace with composite decking, glass and stainless steel balustrading.
From here, all of Ireland’s most expensive postcode, A94, is visible and all of the capital beyond it. Set on a north-east to south-west axis, you get views from the Irish Sea to the Dublin hills.
The principal suite is also at this level and enjoys the same curved glass wall and views.
It extends to 33.5 square meters and comprises a large bedroom, a separate dressing room that you walk through to get to the bathroom, which includes a shower and a separate bath.
Access to these sleeping quarters is from the hall and through the dressing room.
A set of stairs takes you down a level to a second living room, ideal if someone in the household likes to watch sports and shout at the TV, and the rest of the accommodation.
There is a second balcony off it.
The rest of the accommodation is also at this level – ideal for families with older kids. In effect, they get a full floor to themselves.
There are two good-sized doubles, one of which is ensuite.
Built by Jackson Homes at the height of the boom, in 2006, the development is ideally located for parents of children of school-going age or younger.
The development boasts its own on-site creche and is located close to several schools, both at primary and secondary levels, as well as UCD and Smurfit Business School.
The Luas stop at Sandyford, and the Dart station at Blackrock is about thirty minutes away on foot or only ten by bicycle.
Stillorgan Village and its wealth of shops, eateries, leisure facilities and services are within walking distance.
The N11 quality bus corridor is located right beside the development, with stops for the most regular bus services, including the E1 and E2. The Aircoach, which serves Dublin Airport as well as the city centre, also stops here.
Agents Lisney Sotheby’s International Realty is seeking €1.395 million for the C3 BER-rated property, which, if it does extend to 230 square metres, costs €6,065 per square metre.
If Day discovers that it is, as he suspects, 260 square metres in size, its cost per square metre drops to €5,365.
Annual management fees are €3,800. The property includes two designated underground parking spaces.
