Media couple sells family home to move to Martello tower

SUTTON €950,000:Media couple Terry Prone and Tom Savage are moving to the Martello tower in Portrane that they bought two years ago - and selling their home, 14 Shielmartin Park in Sutton, Dublin 13

The four-bedroom detached home they've lived in for 20 years is a mostly low-key, understated living space. Sherry FitzGerald is quoting an asking price of €950,000.

The entrance hall and lobby is one of the more unusual rooms in the house, a homely space with book shelving, timber-panelled walls and a solid fuel stove. It functions as an extra living space rather than just a glorified entrance hall.

Tiled floors run throughout much of the downstairs including the kitchen, which is a substantial, bright space with lots of white wall and floor kitchen units and a curved island with a built-in oven that doubles as a breakfast counter.

The kitchen is part of a large open-plan area that also incorporates a living and dining area with recessed lighting and an open fire in the centre of the floor. Double doors open out to a raised patio.

The south-west facing mature rear garden comes with the bonus of an impressive sea view across Dublin Bay. It is mainly laid in lawn with mature shrubbery. One of the bedrooms is downstairs; it has access to a shower room and sliding doors out to the front garden.

Upstairs there are two double bedrooms and a single room. All have built-in wardrobes; the main bathroom has a Jacuzzi bath, shower, storage area and skylight.

At the front of the house there's off street parking with a cobble lock driveway and a section laid in grass and shrubbery.