Newbridge houses by the river

A development of 19 detached four and five-bedroom houses overlooking the River Liffey and Old Connell Stud Farm at at Newbridge, Co Kildare, goes on the market today. Four-bedroom detached houses with 1,770 sq ft start at £190,000 in the Riverside Park scheme, while five-bedroom detached units with 2,500 sq ft are priced at £225,000, according to joint selling agents Hooke & McDonald and Brazil Auctioneers. The houses are brick-fronted with a long slated porch and a solid teak front door. The site has been planned to allow as many houses as possible to have views of the river and stud farm beyond - 16 of the homes will have direct views over the river. The four-bedroom detached houses have a large entrance hallway with a guest cloakroom. There is an attractive sittingroom with an interconnecting diningroom. Buyers will get a £600 allowance towards a choice of mantelpiece. Doors lead from the diningroom to a cobblelocked terrace. A family room/study across the hall allows the livingroom to be kept for formal entertaining.

The kitchen is large enough to eat in and has a good range of oak units and a utility room with sink.

Upstairs, three of the four bedrooms are doubles and all have fitted wardrobes. The main bedroom is en suite and the family bathroom is also at this level. The five-bedroom house also has particularly fine reception rooms and and another room that can be used as a study or TV room. Four of the five bedrooms are doubles. Two of the bedrooms have en suite bathrooms. Outside, the gardens are larger than average and are landscaped back and front with a low brick wall to the front and a cobblelock driveway.

An ever increasing number of Dublin workers are commuting to homes they have bought in the Newbridge area over the past few years. Far enough from the city to retain its small town identity, Newbridge is only about 40 minutes from Dublin by the Arrow train service. For couples with young children, Newbridge College is within five minutes' walk of the new houses.