Secluded delight
Set on a private, corner section and surrounded by superbly landscaped, private grounds, this Harewood home has more than a few advantages.
Glasnevin Drive offers wide boulevards and a peaceful location while remaining conveniently close to shops, schools and services.
This particular home has the further advantage of being directly across from the wide open spaces of Tullet Park and close to a variety of walking tracks and cycle ways, so there’s no shortage of safe spaces to burn the energy off younger children and the family dog.
While sitting firmly within the city boundaries, the effect is close to rural with no houses interrupting the line of sight across the lawns and trees.
It’s a lovely place to let children and pets cut loose, while still keeping them within sight, and having neighbouring homes of a uniformly high standard is an added advantage.
The immediate street appeal of this property, with its wide paved driveway and classic plaster and concrete exterior in antique white and charcoal, is indicative of the quality and finish throughout.
Immaculate from the portico to the patios, it offers four generously proportioned bedrooms, two bathrooms, including an ensuite, and two living areas that both open to the secluded, walled grounds.
The combination of charcoalcoloured carpet and soft white tones gives the new owners a timeless backdrop from which they can create a diverse number of interior design options.
The first of the two living areas features a gas fire and opens, through bi-fold doors, to a walled patio with a water feature, while the second opens to a patio and wider grounds dotted with specimen trees.
With its north-facing aspect, the open-plan family living, dining and kitchen is flooded with light and sun, providing a large, comfortable space to gather.
While summer will almost certainly see you outside more often than in, there are views of the grounds from almost every room.
Style, function and generous storage define the white kitchen with its contemporary, subwaystyle tiled splashback, sleek lines and impressive line-up of European appliances, which include a Bosch gas hob and double wall oven, and Asko dish washer. Designed to create easy movement and accessibility to storage, including a large pantry, the kitchen also offers generous food preparation areas and a breakfast bar.
Adjacent dining and living opening to the grounds provides seamless indoor/outdoor living and entertaining spaces over the warmer months, while the combination of heat pumps, double glazing and the northern aspect promise a comfortably warm winter.
Having a second living room allows some time-out space from the busy rush of family living. And practicalities like the internal-access garage is a practical and welcome design feature when decanting groceries and children.
A separate laundry with direct access to the utility area outside takes care of that other inescapable feature of family life, and the ground floor is completed by the first of the four bedrooms and a guest toilet.
The stairs with their contemporary iron balustrade lead to a further three double bedrooms, with the main bedroom enjoying a walk-in wardrobe, tiled ensuite, views to the park and allday sun.
Two more double bedrooms with built-in wardrobes are serviced by an attractive tiled family bathroom.
A core of solid concrete and concrete-and-plaster exterior makes this an exceptionally substantial and enduring home in which every comfort has been