Portarlington: from €459,500 Anyone in the market for an large upmarket family home in the Portarlington area of Co Laois should take a look at the Killenard Lodge development, where today S & B Developments is launching the first nine houses through Tom McDonald and Associates.
Prices start at €459,500 for five-bed dormer style houses, €489,500 for five-bed two-storey houses and €499,599 for five bed two-storey houses with extra dining room. The development has a total of 28 houses and stands on a 6.5-acre site. It is landscaped and old-style cast-iron lamp posts.
The development is in the pretty village of Killenard, Co Laois, less than a mile off the main N7 Dublin to Portlaoise road, making the village a 40-minute drive from the M50 and a 10-minute drive from Kildare town. Portarlington train station is five minutes' away and the journey time to Heuston Station is 45 minutes.
The design of Killenard Lodge is modern with lots of luxurious finishing touches. A central vacuuming system, cornicing, 9 ft high ceilings, double-glazed woodgrain Pilkington glass windows, power showers and TV and phone connections in all rooms come as standard in all houses.
The five-bed two-storey house extends to 202 sq m (2,178 sq ft) of living space. The livingroom and separate lounge/TV room are off the large entrance hall. Both rooms have fireplaces, with a piped mains gas option.
A large, bright L-shaped kitchen leads to a utility room with sink and lots of storage space as well as a guest bathroom. There is also a cloakroom area off the main hall and a downstairs family bathroom.
Upstairs there are five spacious rooms, four doubles and one single, all with fitted wardrobes. Two of the doubles are en suite and the main bedroom has a walk-in wardrobe. The bathrooms are finished with high-quality sanitary ware and wooden detailing on the side of the baths.
The developer is offering allowances of €7,500 for kitchen and wardrobes, €1,000 for tiling and €4,000 for interior painting. Depending on house style, the fireplace allowance is either €1,000 or €2,000.
The five-bed dormer style house extends to 196 sq m (2,111 sq ft) of living space. A garage, which is accessible through the utility room, is fully serviced for easy conversion into a sixth bedroom. This style of house has a sittingroom and diningroom with French doors opening onto the garden.
Previous schemes by S & B Developments include Kilmanaghan Lodge, Clara, Co Offaly and Corrig Lodge, Portarlington, Co Laois.
