IT’S NOT NEWS that the area of Foxrock is where you’ll find some of the most expensive family homes on the market. This leafy suburb of Dublin 18 is often dripping in luxury when it comes to houses that enjoy the proportions of stately homes without the draughts and BER exemptions.
Waverley is a huge home on Westminster Road that was built in 1999. However, it was extensively upgraded in 2006 and enjoys a healthy BER of B1 making it cosy even if the floor area is a whopping 698 m². It seems like no cost has been spared, so the next owners will have very little to do when it comes to renovating. This is bound to be music to their ears especially because Waverley is now on the market for €6,750,000.
A seven-bed home with just as many bathrooms, it stands on one acre that is well landscaped and home to many beautiful outdoor features.
The luxury continues behind the bay-fronted red brick facade. This is evident as soon as you set foot inside the entrance hall with its elegant staircase, limestone fireplace and solid oak flooring.
From this large hall, a drawing room connects to a dining room through double doors. The east and south facing bay windows fill the spaces up with natural light, emphasising the wall panelling and Barovier et Toso chandeliers with matching wall sconces.
The kitchen is also a sight to behold. Designed Mark Wilkinson, this hand painted kitchen is home to a 3.88m long island, a ceramic Belfast sink and appliances by Gaggenau. Off this space is the utility room, which has another Belfast sink and plenty more storage.
The family room is a Hampton-style orangery with French doors that lead out to the patio area. A separate breakfast room and a living room, as well as a cinema room, complete the ground floor.
Take a trip back to the main hall, and travel up the staircase to the bedrooms. Two large bedrooms sit on the second floor alongside a convenient laundry room, while the first five bedrooms share the first floor.
The largest has a walk-in wardrobe and a southwest facing bay window. It also has double doors to a large balcony that overlooks the garden. The bathroom has a free-standing bath and the shower is separate.
The remaining six bedrooms each have their own bathrooms.
The garden was designed and implemented originally by Diarmuid Gavin, and later taken care of by Paul Doyle – two award-winning landscape designers. They added playfulness as well as elegance to the outdoor space leaving plenty of room for the kids to play and endless areas to entertain in.
There is even an open-walled gazebo, a timber gazebo and a wrought iron pergola that all add interest and luxury to the site.
For the remote or hybrid worker, there is a detached home office on the grounds that’s 38 m² in size. It comes complete with built-in shelving, air conditioning and a separate toilet with a small storage room.
At the end of the lawn is a large and bright detached garden room that’s currently a fully-equipped home gym. The walls are mirrored making it feel even larger. If the next owners don’t use it as a gym, it would make for wonderful extra accommodation seeing as it also has a bathroom.
Not only is the house large enough for privacy, its close proximity from Dublin city centre means getting there couldn’t be easier. With the space along with the elegance throughout, whoever ends up buying Waverley will have no excuse when it comes to hosting regular family gatherings.
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