9 Drinaghmore Close, Leopardstown Valley, Dublin 18, D18 A372

Set on a generous plot of approximately 1/6 acre at the end of a cul-de-sac, less than 2 minutes walk from Leopardstown Valley LUAS Station and Leopardstown Valley Shopping Centre, this detached house has five bedrooms on the first floor plus an additional spacious attic room with en-suite. This house was custom built in 1999 for the current owners, it's energy efficient with good insulation and a modern high efficiency condensing combi boiler producing instant hot water. It has been well-maintained and is beautifully presented. It has been a family home for the same family from new, and has never been rented. As a freehold property there are no service charges.

The large front garden sets this apart from other houses in the area - providing plenty of room for lots of cars, boats, RVs or other uses. It is walled with attractive sweet-smellling climbing plants. It could easily be fitted with electric gates to make it totally private.The back garden is open to the south getting superb morning and afternoon sunshine - as can be seen from the abundance of roses.

Internally there is an L-shaped living/dining room stretching the full width of the house with two large windows to the front. This room has an attractive white Italian marble fireplace with a polished black granite inset and hearth - fitted with a solid fuel stove. Double doors open from there to the kitchen/breakfast room stretching the full width at the back of the house, with French doors opening to the back garden. There is an outside utility room at the back of the garage and a guest WC under the stairs. On the first floor there are five bedrooms, two doubles and three singles. Two of which have en-suite bathrooms. There is also a family shower room. A stairs with vertical frosted glass window leads to a converted attic with a 2.4m ceiling height, two skylights, a walk-in-wardrobe, and.a large ensuite bathroom with a Jacuzzi bathtub plus a shower.

Schools within a few minutes walk include Holy Trinity National School, Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School, Gaelscoil Shliabh Rua and Kilternan School of Music. Molloys/The Gallops sports pub and bar/grill is a highly regarded local, ideal for a car free evening out. The nearby Samuel Beckett Civic Centre has an abundance of additional sports facilities including GAA, Soccer, gym, astro pitches, planned swimming pool and a library.

A footbridge over the M50 leads to Leopardstown Racecourse, Westwood Sports Club/Gym/Tennis/Swimming, Leopardstown Golf Centre, and Nord Anglia International School, as well as the employment hubs (including Microsoft HQ) in South County Business Park,

Nearby on Glencairn Green there is a playground, tennis courts, basketball court, exercise area and a large green play area. There are similar facilities across the road in Clay Farm.

In addition to Leopardstown Valley Shopping Centre there is shopping nearby in the newly expanded Carrickmines Retail Park, Dunnes Stores Cornelscourt, Stillorgan Shopping Centre and Dundrum Town Centre.