A three-bed with a sunny outlook

Number 25, Alden, is an unusual offering in that it’s a three-bed, detached house with a roomy extension to boot, says Tommy Barker

With 1,300 sq ft, and with a sun room at the back, and solar panels for hot water, it is priced at €245,000

THE addition of a sun room to the back of no 25, Alden has made a huge difference to this family home, says Mark Gosling, of the relatively new estate agency firm, Behan Irwin Gosling (they had an official office opening just yesterday on May 16).

No 25’s one of those slightly unusual home offerings, in that it’s a three-bed detached, two-storey home, and it’s only different because we’re so used to four- and three-bed semis, and four-bed detached houses as standard offerings.

Built back in the 1990s by Jerry O’Driscoll, Alden is a spur of quite similar, and quite visible, detached houses out along the south ring road, west of Douglas village: you get access via Shamrock Lawn, at the bottom of Grange Hill, and it stretches almost as far as the ground of the terribly sad-looking, and at-risk, Vernon Mount House.

At no 25, Alden, though, it’s all house-proud ownership and time to move on. With 1,300 sq ft here, and with an extra sun room at the back, and solar panels for hot water, it is priced at €245,000 by Mr Gosling, of BIG.

He says it’s in pristine condition, inside and out, with a south-facing back garden, which is another box-ticker for buyers.

The layout has two main reception rooms with solid, timber floors.

There’s a deep kitchen with a wall cut-out overlooking the rear dining room to let the light through, back and forth.

And across pretty much all of the back of the dwelling, there is an add-on, single-storey 175 sq ft sun-room, with tiled roof and windows — virtually floor to ceiling, as well as Velux windows to either side in the vaulted ceilings.

It all makes for a very relaxing space behind, and the gardens beyond are landscaped, tired and stepped, with raised beds behind old rail sleepers, as well as a decked patio and BBQ/seating area.

The garden has a block-built shed for storage, with power, and back inside the house there’s a ground-floor utility room, and a guest WC.

Move along upstairs and there are three bedrooms, two doubles and a single, and the master bed is en suite with a shower.

No 25 is very much in walk-in order and there’s a pent-up demand for homes just like this, says the agent, who is predicting a swift response once viewings have kicked on.

There’s gas central heating, solar panels for hot water, and a good C3 BER, with off-street parking in front for a couple of cars.

VERDICT Likely to be a quick seller, given the shortage of stock of this quality for buyers.