Foxrock: €3.9m. A pair of fine family homes in Foxrock and Killiney - on two-thirds and three-quarters of an acre respectively - are rounded off with exceptional gardens.
Patina, The Mart, Foxrock, Dublin 18, is a very large five-bedroom Tudor-style home built five years ago on the site of a previous house. Set on two-thirds of an acre, it's set to make €3.9 million at auction through Douglas Newman Good on June 2nd.
The 512sq m (5,500sq ft) house has a dramatic interior with some strong colour themes. The hall, floored in Portland stone, has a pewter fireplace with coal-effect fire, topped by a period overmantel. There is a glazed seating area in the rear hall with doors to the garden.
To the left of the hall is the diningroom and kitchen, to the right are four more reception rooms. Double doors lead to a timber floored diningroom, which is decorated in deep green, lit by side and front windows, and with a sandstone fireplace.
A corridor off the hall leads to a study, television room and the extremely large drawingroom, decorated in crimson and gold.
The kitchen, which is floored in Portland stone, has a full range of oak units topped by dark marble worktops. There is an adjoining utility, an invaluable shelved pantry, and patio doors to a rear recessed patio.
The first floor has five bedrooms, two en suite and a family bathroom.
Two bedrooms are mezzanines with a ladder up to mezzanine level, the space furnished with a desk for study.
The main bedroom runs the length of the house and so has front and rear garden views. This large bed/sittingroom decorated in cream and lemon has a four poster bed, and a mantelpiece in exquisite old French marble.
The marble theme is repeated in the en suite bathroom, with bath and shower. There is a large walk-in dressingroom.
The grounds are divided into different gardens including a water garden, a wide stretch of lawn and a rose garden.
A huge venerable fir tree is home to a tree house.
There is a second patio area with stone walls at the end of the garden which is used for family barbecues.
