FINDING A HOME with a garden that’s well-established can be a dream for many – especially if they don’t fancy spending the time or patience to prepare the soil and plant the seeds on a blank canvas. This week, we’ve found four impressive homes across the country with fabulous gardens that are well in the swing of things. All you’ll need to bring are your tools to keep up the maintenance.
1 Marian Terrace is a pretty four-bed home that spans 135 m². Semi-detached, the house has a well-established garden full of plants, shrubs and trees. It also has a nice entertaining area to take it all in. The rooms inside comprise four double bedrooms, two lounges and a big kitchen ideal for having guests over. From the first floor, you can take in the views of the sea, Hook Head and the woodland.
Lawlor’s Strand is mere minutes away by foot, as is Councilor’s Beach, so this place is ideal for the water sports lover who wants to be less reliant on the car. Seagull Bakery, a well known artisan spot in the area is at the end of the row while the Spinnaker Bar and Restaurant, The Cliff and The Strand Inn are all close by, too.
This sale comprises two homes set on 4.5 acres. The main house is called Edendale, a spacious three-bed with a floor area of 296 m². Edendale has three reception rooms, including a dining room and a library, that all look out to the well-established gardens. The drawing room opens out to the garden via French doors. The kitchen and breakfast area includes a walk-in pantry and a pizza oven. While one of the bedrooms is on the ground floor, two more and a bathroom are upstairs.
There is also a spacious garage on site, which is handy for extra storage. The other house, Eden Lodge, has its own parking spot, a roomy open-plan kitchen and dining area and then a separate sitting room. The two bedrooms upstairs have a bathroom each. The house is just half an hour from Dublin’s south side, and five minutes from the M11. Wicklow Town is 8 kilometres away and Brittas Bay is just six.
Maple Falls is a huge five-bed home in the area of Pitchfordstown that spans 511 m². The impressive house is surrounded by mature lawns and gardens in a picturesque countryside but commutable from Dublin City. Spacious inside as well as out, it sits on four acres. The recreational rooms inside include three reception rooms, a sauna room with home gym, a snooker room and a heated indoor swimming pool. A kitchen, dining room, utility and a home office along with the bedrooms complete the house.
There are stables that are plumbed and wired as well as a detached garage, four small maintenance houses. The gardens are in great nick and are home to a water feature and lots of mature planting. There’s also a conservatory with a patio, a bar counter, a sunroom and a greenhouse to enjoy. All before we mention the flood lit tennis court.
13 Thornberry is a generously-sized four-bed with a floor area of 198 m². Standing on .4 of an acre of landscaped gardens with panoramic views over Cork Harbour, this home is close to Glounthane village and the train station while being a few minutes from the Jack Lynch Tunnel.
The rooms inside comprise a hall that links to the sitting room with its open fireplace and three large windows that take in the garden views. Then there is a lounge with a wood fired stove that leads to the conservatory with a sliding door to the patio. A kitchen, utility and guest toilet complete the ground floor. Upstairs, the master bedroom overlooks the south facing garden and has its own bathroom. The other rooms all share the family bathroom while one of them is currently being used as an office.
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