Stepaside/from €329,950: Albany Homes is launching its latest venture this weekend in Stepaside, Co Dublin, with The Rectory going on view for the first time. Prices start at €329,950 for two-bedroom apartments, rising to €375,000. Six three-bedroom semi-detached houses are also for sale, priced at €520,000.
Several show units will be open for viewing on Saturday, Sunday and all next week. Selling agents Kelly Walsh expect strong interest in the new scheme, given its prime location in the village.
Among the attractions of The Rectory is its setting off the Enniskerry Road facing a pitch and putt course and woodland and with a view over the preserved ruin of Kilgobbin church and burial grounds.
Development size is another consideration. At a total of 166 units, The Rectory is a relatively small scheme of two matching residential groups, each centred around a planted open space. Thirty units in a mix of three-bedroom houses and two-bedroom apartments are on offer in phase one.
The three-storey apartment blocks and houses are some way back from the road and are dual aspect. Each apartment has its own front door. With three different layouts of two-bedroom apartments and two types of three-bedroom semi on offer, buyers will have plenty to choose from.
Specification is good, with wood-look windows, kitchen appliances, smart wardrobes and fireplaces included as standard. Tiling allowances are given and internal walls will be painted throughout in neutral colours.
Some apartments have a separate kitchen/breakfastroom and a sittingroom with a stone-look fireplace and doors to a balcony. Others have a combined kitchen/sitting/diningroom, with a balcony off. A storage room is included in another apartment type and bright top floor units have a small study.
The three-bedroom semi-detached houses come with two different layouts. One has a sittingroom to the front and kitchen/diningroom to the rear. Another has the kitchen, diningroom and sittingroom interlinking through archways. Gardens are a good size, especially with corner houses.
Landscaping promises to be good, with walkways planned through the communal open spaces and a large swathe of public open space between the site and Kilgobbin church.
Parking is free and plenty of spaces are provided for residents and guests. Completions are expected from summer this year onwards. Four-bedroom houses will be released at a later stage as part of phase two of The Rectory.
Previous developments by Albany Homes include Feltrim Hall in Swords, The Orchard in Malahide and Straffan Wood in Celbridge.
