Dublin 18/from €820,000: The period house at the centre of Park Development's very smart Kelston scheme in Foxrock has been converted into three spacious three-bedroom apartments, which go on show this week for the first time.
Selling agent HOK will be taking bookings for the three apartments, which are priced from €820,000, based on size and position in the 1900s detached house.
These are refurbished and finished to a very high specification, with restored period features, polished wood or marble floors and modern Siematic kitchens, complete with appliances and granite worktops. With good quality flooring and wall tiling, wardrobes and light fittings, the Kelston House apartments are ready to move into.
Decorative wrought-iron railings line the granite steps to the main entrance door, behind which is number two, a spacious three-bedroom apartment with 159 sq m (1,711 sq ft) of living space. The entrance hall is quite magnificent, with its tall decorated ceilings and chandelier. This unit is being sold furnished for €***.
The sittingroom has an original black cast-iron fireplace, high ceiling with plasterwork and a wide bay window. Steps go down to a family-sized kitchen/breakfastroom with pale wood-look units, grey granite worktops and Neff and Indesit appliances, including a built-in microwave. The flooring here is distressed Italian marble.
Across the hall is the bedroom wing, which contains three double bedrooms and a family bathroom with Jacuzzi bath, large step-in shower and granite-topped vanity shelf. Tall sash windows in each bedroom let in plenty of light.
In the main bedroom, an en suite shower room has brushed glass door panels, granite shelf-tops and painted wainscoting.
At garden level and with its own entrance is a bright three-bedroom apartment of 167 sq m (1,769 sq ft) which has a striking exposed brick entrance porch leadinh to ann inner hallway tiled in Travertine marble.
At the end of the hall is a spacious dual aspect sittingroom with French doors to a secluded terrace. The kitchen/breakfastorom has a good range of Siematic units, built-in appliances and granite worktops.
There are three double bedrooms, with a good-sized en suite shower off the largest room. The two remaining bedoroms share the main bathroom, which is fitted out with great style.
Apartment number 3 on the top floor of Kelston House is accessed via a gated private staircase at the rear of the house. The effort of climbing the stairway is rewarded by the best views and excellent privacy. At 150 sq m (1,614 sq ft), this is slightly smaller than the other apartments, but this is not obvious. Through the front door is a small hallway and well-equipped bathroom. Off the first landing are three double bedrooms to the left and doors to a very large decked terrace facing southwest. The main en suite bedroom has a fitted walk-in wardrobe.
Siematic units in the kitchen are topped with granite and appliances are built-in. Across the hall is a large sittingroom with windows on three sides, including one original stained glass window.
The three apartments are ready to move into and the grounds at Kelston are maturing nicely. Two future phases of the development are small in scale and positioned near the entrance gates, leaving the area around Kelston House free of construction disturbance.
Park Developments is responsible for a number of schemes in the Dublin area, including Carrickmines Wood, Mount Saint Anne's in Milltown and Ticknock Hill, near Stepaside.
