Welcome to the club in Rathgar

Marianella, Rathgar, Dublin 6

THE feature du jour of high-end south Dublin developments, from Lansdowne Place in Ballsbridge to Knockrabo in Goatstown, is the residents’ clubhouse.

Likewise, Marianella, a development of luxury apartments, penthouses and houses in Rathgar, has the kind of upmarket facilities once reserved for five-star hotels.

Its residents have access to their own gym as well as a wellness suite with a steam room and sauna, a lounge, a cinema room, a concierge service, and a meeting room.

The complex is being built on an 8.1-ac site off the Orwell Road that was home to a Redemptorist monastery for almost a century. Apartments at Marianella began selling off the plans from 2016, attracting a slew of empty-nesters downsizing from larger, less-energy efficient houses in Dublin 6. Now that the apartments have been sold out, the selling agents are releasing

15 four and five-bed houses at the site. Prices start at €1.6m for The Avenue, a five-bed semi-detached style with 2,669 sq ft of living space. The Park, a four-bed house type available as a terraced or end-of-terrace design, measures 2,412 sq ft and costs from €1,295m, while The Mews, a three-bed townhouse style, extends over 1,668 sq ft and is priced from €900,000,

Marianella is just 3km minutes from Grafton Street and is served by a bus route located on Orwell Road and by nearby Luas stops.

A new five-bed showhouse, is on view between 11am and 1pm tomorrow and Sunday. Enquiries to: Hooke & MacDonald (01)

6318 402 or Knight Frank (01)

6342466