A quiet slice of life for €450,000 in rural Rochestown

Tommy Barker visits a property that has the best of both worlds, set in a rustic idyll yet just a short hop in the car to the bright lights of the city

THE owners of this five-bedroomed Upper Rochestown bungalow called Knockroe love the area so much, that they are only moving a hop, skip and jump from where they’ve been for the past 25 years: they’re building a smaller new home, on a lower down portion of their quite extensive grounds.