Naas apartments in pretty parkland setting

Co Kildare/from €360,000: The 250-unit development nearing completion within the Oldtown Demesne, Naas, Co Kildare has made full and elegant use of its location.

With the Grand Canal as a backdrop, apartments, penthouses and houses are all close to the demense's popular beech, sycamore and ash-lined walks, to the cycle paths and well-maintained green views which spread over the 12 acres of parkland.

The third and final phase of 30 units, set within the Ornamental Gardens at Oldtown Demense, goes on sale off the plans this Saturday in Palmerstown House, Johnstown, Naas. Joint agents are Colm McEvoy Auctioneers and Sherry FitzGerald O'Reilly.

Central to the whole development, the six penthouses and 24 two and three-bed apartments which make up the Ornamental Gardens are in what is described as "the most contemporary styled building" in the demesne with traditional brick and copper exterior finishes and a quadrangle to the front. Some, with balconies to the rear, have views of the Wicklow hills, Oldtown Estate and local GAA grounds.

Apartments in what is a three-storey building come in eight different sizes, a variety which includes a ground floor, two-bed with 84.5sq m (910sq ft), a first floor three-bed of 111sq m (1,200sq ft) and a three-bed penthouse with 132sq m (1,420sq ft).

Prices start at €360,000 for the smallest, 84.5sq m (910sq ft) apartment and go up to €630,000 for the largest three-bed apartment.

All of the bathrooms in the Ornamental Gardens phase have Jacuzzi baths, all of the kitchens have integrated electrical appliances and polished granite work/counter tops.

The main bedrooms are en suite, there are sliding wardrobes in all bedrooms and, in some of the three-bed apartments, two of the bedrooms are en suite.

Fireplaces in the living/dining rooms are TV-screen style, flush with the wall and gas-fired.

The developer is Western Alliance Property Ltd, and the design is by Cormac Dooley Architects.

As well as aesthetics, the location comes laden with history; Oldtown has been in the DeBurgh family since Colonel Thomas Burgh, Surveyor General for Ireland, bought nearly 3,000 acres of land close to Naas towards the end of the 17th century. Earlier phases of the development were the Old Wood, Stable Yard, Water's Edge and Enclosure which between them had a mix of four and five-bedroom detached houses, townhouses, apartments and duplexes.

Easily reached off the Sallins Road, Naas, Sallins Station is a short walk and the M7 motorway close by.