A simply perfect country family home is on offer in Laois for €550,000.
This modern built Georgian style four bedroom home is filled with tasteful warm antiques, topped with solar panels. Close to the scarecrow village of Durrow, it covers 2,090 sq ft on nearly four acres of grounds including a fenced orchard and paddocks. Full details below photo gallery.
Sited in Newtown, Durrow, it is in a rural setting yet close to Durrow, Cullohill and the M7 and M8 motorways.
The entrance sets an historic tone, with 19th Century forged iron gates and Victorian style entrance railings, a sweeping surface dressed paved driveway with extensive lawns , flower beds, shrubs & trees on one side and paddocks on the other.
Built in 2013 the house has an elegant entrance hallway and spacious but invitingly comfortable reception rooms downstairs, including a sittingroom, livingroom, diningroom, kitchen and utility room.
Upstairs there are four bedrooms, a walk in wardrobe, family bathroom and an office.
To the rear is a large concrete yard with a historic styled garage/workshop measuring C.1060 sq ft with stairs leading to a lofted storage space. This building could be converted to stabling or other uses.
There is an eco friendly 9,000 litre underground rain water harvesting tank and Kingspan Solar panel water heating system (40 tubes), giving the home a high BER rating of B3.
The property is surrounded by natural boundaries and hedging giving total privacy. There are extensive lawns, flower beds, vegetable garden and a fenced orchard. The lands are very good quality, in paddocks, ideal for equestrian activities.
Services include private water and sewerage.
Accommodation : Entrance Hall C.15m2. Sittingroom C.20m2, laminate flooring. Livingroom C.22m2 solid oak floor, solid fuel stove. Diningroom C.18m2, tiled floor, French doors to Patio area. Kitchen C.13m2, fully fitted, tiled floor, Stanley supreme gas & electric cooker. Utility room C.10m2, fully fitted. First Floor: Bedroom 1. C.20m2, Ulster carpet, built in wardrobe. Bedroom 2. C.20m2, carpeted, built in wardrobe. Bedroom 3. C15m2, carpeted , built in wardrobe. Bedroom 4. C.9m2. Bathroom C.7m2. Office C.4m2. Walk-in wardrobe. C.4m2. Stira stairs to access attic.
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