Tiger-era residence on 21ac guided at €550,000

BELLANACARROW HOUSE near Athleague in Co Roscommon is a fine, spacious modern home finished to a high standard. On 21ac of land, it is for sale by private treaty with a guide price of €550,000.

Located 1.5km from Athleague, the property is located 10km from Roscommon town.

Electric gates open to a driveway that leads to the house through paddocks fenced with post and rail. Set on landscaped gardens, the house has all the signs of a job well done.

The accommodation includes a hallway, breakfast room, sitting room, kitchen, dining room, utility, study, cloakroom and downstairs ensuite bedroom.

The family bathroom and five bedrooms — two with ensuite facilities and two others with a shared ensuite — are located upstairs.

Owned and built by a builder during the boom years, nothing was spared and there are some lovely features throughout, including oak flooring, marble fireplaces, a bar counter unit in the sitting room and surround sound in some of the rooms.

Other features include geothermal underfloor heating, a central vacuum system, a private well and a natural slate roof.

Grazing ground

To the side of the house is an office with its own entrance while adjacent to the house is a garage with electric roller doors. Storage sheds that could be transformed into farm buildings complete the picture.

The 21ac of land is described by John Earley of Property Partners Earley, Roscommon, as “the best of grazing ground, divided into a number of neat paddocks — it is in great condition”.

The house and land can be sold as two lots, with the residence on 2.5ac forming one lot, leaving 18.5ac to be sold separately.