Two homes in Leeson Village - a popular, but not pretty, development - are on the market. Kate McMorrow reports
21 LeesonVillage: €1.25m
HOK Residential is expecting €1.25 million at auction on September 29th for 21 Leeson Village, a much larger three-bedroom semi-detached house with 201 sq m (2,159 sq ft) of living space. An open-plan living area on the ground floor adds to the feeling of space and light in this substantial townhouse. There is a combined sitting/diningroom with sliding doors to the back garden and another door opening to a side terrace.
Doors at the sittingroom end link with a tiled sunroom which was once a courtyard. A study area also accesses the garden. Shaker-style with polished granite worktops and Neff appliances, the kitchen is a smart working space. Off this is a utility and access to a double garage with electronically-operated doors.
Taking up the circumference of two smaller rooms, the main bedroom has a good selection of mirrored robes and a full en suite with Jacuzzi bath. Bedrooms two and three are both doubles, with wardrobes. A door opening to the roof from one of these rooms would make an unusual roof garden subject to planning.
Echoes of a traditional Roman garden abound in the shady terrace to the back, facing south and accessed from most of the main livingrooms. Gravel and paving slabs are edged with raised brick planters, with climbers, deciduous trees and flowering shrubs creating an arbour effect.
15 LeesonVillage: €800,000
Lisney is guiding €800,000 prior to auction on September 30th for 15 Leeson Village, a tall terraced house with 156 sq m (1,680 sq ft) of accommodation. Like others in the gated development, picture windows make the most of available natural light.
Also accessed from the wood-floored entrance hall, the garage with its up-and-over door is fitted out for laundry use. The kitchen and diningroom are linked, with sliding doors to the garden at the dining end.
Fairly compact but efficiently arranged, Arco kitchen units are fitted with cooking appliances and French doors also open to the back garden from here.
The first floor is taken up with a spacious sittingroom and the main bedroom suite. Overlooking the back garden, the sittingroom is in two sections, with a bay window and large picture windows looking south. Fitted wardrobes, a bay window and a full en suite bathroom complement the largest bedroom.
Off the next landing are two double and one single bedrooms, two with wardrobes, and the family bathroom. South-facing and surprisingly large for a townhouse, the rear garden has a lawn bounded by a mass of colourful shrubs and perennials.
