PROPERTY WATCH: Take a look inside this €625,000 Portlaoise mansion

A modern mansion in Portlaoise town in Laois is up for grabs if you have €625,000 handy, or more if you want to update the decor.

Stretching to 289 m² (3,100ft²), the five bedroom, four bathroom "executive style" house is just off the Dublin Road on an exclusive road, in a generous half acre site. More below photos. 

Located off Kilteale Road next to Heathfields housing estate, Number 3 is one of just four big houses on the exclusive private road.

Through the front door is a vestibule with glazed internal doors leading to a large entrance hall from which flows an office, formal drawing room, guest bathroom, and on into the large kitchen/dining/living area with a sunroom.

Connecting from the kitchen is a well-equipped utility room, another guest bathroom, and an additional office/playroom/gym/bedroom, with a feature bay window overlooking the garden.

Upstairs around a spacious landing are four double bedrooms, two of which are master suites.

The primary master bedroom suite has its own corridor connecting a large ensuite and walk-in wardrobe/ dressing room.

Bedrooms 2 and 3 benefit from a "Jack and Jill" shared ensuite and to complete this floor is a luxury main bathroom off the landing and a walk-in hot press.

All halls and rooms were finished to the highest standards of tiling, timber floors, carpets, coving, blinds, and bespoke curtains.

Outside a cobble lock entrance and driveway continues to the sides and rear of the property.

The landscaped gardens include mature trees, hedging, shrubbery, and private areas including a small orchard and raised herb beds, offering the comforts of a country property but in the heart of the town, near to the hospital, hotels, leisure centres, shops, national transport links, M7 / M8 motorway, and numerous primary and secondary schools.

“Palermo” style solid front door with beveled glass and Georgian style fanlight glazing overhead, leading to the entrance vestibule with tiled floor and glazed inner hallway door to the entrance hall.

Entrance Hall 6m x 2.41m. Asian Birch solid timber floors, coving, inset spotlighting, bright welcoming colour scheme.

Drawing Room 7.6m x 4.23. Located at the front of the house with double doors leading from the entrance hall and also double doors leading into the kitchen/dining area. Asian Birch floors, ornate coving and pendant lighting. An ornate fireplace is gas fuelled with a white marble mantle and black granite hearth. This room was designed for entertaining, opening up the living/dining area for enlarged space and has cinema room sound system connections, mood lighting.

Office: 3.13m x 3.44m. Asian Birch floors, quality handmade curtains and lighting. Wired and cabled to full office standard. This room was designed as an interconnection data hub with Cat5 patch panel connections, entertainment enabling systems and computers/gaming, finished with phone line patch panel connections to all rooms in the house.

Kitchen Dining & Living Room 10m x 4.2m. Open plan space with solid oak kitchen topped with black granite worktops and inset lights. Units include pot drawer cabinets, larder presses and integrated dishwasher and double oven designs. A large central island has a gas hob and black granite worktop, overhead NEFF extractor fan.

An open arch leads to the sunroom of 3.86m x 3.87m, with tiled floor and timber ceiling, inset spot lighting, integrated ceiling speakers and french doors leading to the cobble lock feature patio and rear gardens. 

Office / Gym / Playroom / Downstairs Bedroom 4.34m x 2.87m. A second room that is purposely designed and future proofed for a multitude of uses for an evolving growing family. It is connected off the kitchen for easy supervision of children when in use as a playroom. Now in use as a study and gym. Includes semi solid timber flooring, quality handmade curtains with feature bay window.

Utility / Laundry room 4.54m x 6. This well-equipped room located off the kitchen with another back door leading to a second patio and herb garden. Tiled floor, kitchen units, worktop, sink, washing machine and space for a deep freezer. Cabinets for Beam Vacuum system, water softener system and Gas central heating boiler and the Lutron lighting system.

Two guest bathrooms 1.71m x 1.57m and .88m x 2m are fully tiled and plumbed with WC and whb. A coat closet in the entrance hallway is 0.86m x 0.71m.

The staircase to the first floor opens onto a large, spacious feature landing with bespoke oak balustrades.

Master Bedroom Suite 1: 5.55m x 5.02m. Large double room offering ample space and light. Contains two feature windows design, front and rear, providing enhanced natural light. Solid timber varnished floors, inset LED spot lighting and mood lighting controls, handmade curtains and a feature built-in library/TV unit. The room contains controls for the entire Lutron lighting system of the house, both internally and externally for security, along with a security alarm system panel.

En-Suite 2.03m x 3.11m. Fully tiled wall and floor. WC, bidet & Whb. Large Power pump Aqualisa Shower. Ample space for toilet furniture and storage.

Walk In Wardrobe & Dressing Room: 3.6m x 2.51m. Varnished timber flooring, French blinds, Built-in full-length cabinets, wardrobe and drawers for ample storage.

Bedroom 2: 4.26m x 5.08m A very large double bedroom with a walk-in closet and connected ensuite shower room. Varnished timber floors, inset LED spot lighting and mood lighting controls. Walk in Closet: 1.27m x 2.24m Spacious and finished with shelving storage. This room is also access to the attic for further storage capacity.

Attic: Large attic, double insulated, lighting and sockets installed along with storage areas.

Bedroom 3: 3.13m x 3.38m This double bedroom is located in the rear of the house, and it too shares a connection to the ensuite in a “Jack n Jill” effect. Varnished timber floor with bespoke handmade curtains and mood lighting controls.

Bedroom 4: 3.68m x 4.26m This double room features as a guest room, situated at the front of the house. Finished with varnished timber floor and bespoke handmade curtains along with mood lighting controls.

Bathroom: 2.99m x 2.55m This is a large, well appointed, luxury bathroom completely tiled on walls and floor. The bath is the central feature here with raised step into a large size sunken bath. Completed with Aqualisa pumped shower off mains, feature Whb and a chrome heated towel rail and mood lighting settings for an atmospheric relaxing soak.

Landing: 2.41m x 9.13m A bright and expansive space, fully carpeted, finished off with bespoke, handmade silk curtains, ornate coving and feature lighting areas that include mood lighting controls, a reading area around the feature window.

Walk in Hot press/ heated airing closet: 2.23m x 1.58m Carpeted and shelved throughout to maximise storage space as a heated airing closet.

The house has a BER Rating of C1, with Gas fired central heating.