Grass in, glass out at spacious bungalow

The architect-designed maturing bungalow on a three-quarter acre site was used as a family business, horticulture, with flowers growing and sold from the property, where a 5,000 sq ft glass house was the practical blooming point.

But, so much greenhouse space wasn't a selling point so, out with the greenhouse, and in with extra lawn, and the house Darra is back on the market once more with Tom Woodward, carrying a €500,000 price guide.

Location is off the old Carrigaline Road or Carr's Hill, at the Douglas end near the entrance to the large Maryborough Woods residential development by O'Brien and O'Flynn.

This house, with about 2,500 sq ft of space, is a couple of decades old, and has five bedrooms, but so much space in all that that tally could be pushed up or reduced down.

The upper level has a large, barrel-vaulted ceiling room 20' by 11', currently used as a home bar, but also ideal as a play room, could easily be made a lofty master suite, and there is adjoining attic space with conversion potential and a study/fifth bedroom.