Double million at The Rookery

IT will take €2 million or so to come home to roost at The Rookery: house number 11 in the scheme of 11 homes has that evenly rounded price tag.

The big, 2,900 sq ft Rathfarnham family home, a red brick dormer, is off the Scholarstown Road with a range of good local services.

It is on the market at year’s end with Mary Dillon of Sherry FitzGerald who says the setting is quiet and tree-lined, with large gardens. How large? Try one third of an acre, a distinctly large suburban setting, one in keeping with the house’s own size thanks to subsequent extensions by the vendors. If that’s not enough outdoor space, the wonderful Marlay Park is nearby, with the Dublin mountains beyond and the M50 to hand for wider connectivity.

No 11 has a fine entrance hall, with guest WC and cloakroom off, the wood-floored breakfast room is linked to the drawing room which has a Le Droff fireplace, there’s another similar Le Droff fireplace in the family room, and the kitchen is tiled with a utility room off it.

There’s also a dining room, with patio garden access, while a ground floor en suite bedroom also has garden access via patio doors. Overhead are four more bedrooms, a master bedroom with walk-in dressing room, and shower room, and all the bedrooms are doubles.

The grounds are landscaped, with access to the southerly aspected rear from either side, and there’s a brick-built barbecue. Services include central heating and gas supply for cooking, alarm, two phone lines and cable TV.