Take your pick from choice of two top homes in city

TWO detached properties, at opposite sides of the city, come in this week with guide prices in the high six hundreds.

First up and fresh on the hustings is number 18, Kenley Drive on the Model Farm Road.

A creeper-clad, two-storey house, this property is part of a crescent of one-off houses in a great location close to CIT, CUH and UCC.

Open plan and airy, the ground floor living room of this property is quite impressive and runs into a formal dining room and then, to a sit-in kitchen

There’s access to the back garden from both rooms and this is a neat space that’s completely private. Tall tress overhang the back wall and shield this raised rectangular space from its neighbours.

Running to 2,500 square feet, this is a roomy house and includes a walk through garage and another room on the ground floor with separate access. This would be ideal as a surgery or alternative clinic, says selling agent, TJ Cronin of Irish and European, who gives a guide price of €685,000.

Upstairs there are four bedrooms, with a master ensuite and a main bathroom and there is lapsed planning for a two-storey extension over the garage which would open up the upstairs space and offer five bedrooms, with a larger, master suite, says Mr Cronin.

Meanwhile, over on Carr’s Hill, Carol Harris of Property Choice is inviting offers of €675,000 for a five-bedroom house on a three-quarter acre site between Douglas and Carrigaline.

This property comes with a wide central hallway with feature pine staircase and living rooms ranged around. The kitchen is a big, L-shaped room with country pine fittings and has double doors to a conservatory at the rear. Then, there’s a lounge, dining room, family room and guest bathroom on the ground floor and overhead are five bedrooms, with master en suite and a main bathroom.