The owner architect who designed the renovation and extension of this riverside house says “it’s a very romantic place to live – just 800 yards from Waterford’s city centre”.
The house is sheltered by mature trees with a long, narrow garden running down to a deck at the river’s edge – and it’s all on view from the “glass box” extension at the back of the house.
Oakdene, a detached 273sq m (2,938sq ft) four-bedroom house on an acre of land on Newtown Road in Waterford is for sale through DNG Thomas Reid for €860,000.
Newtown is a Waterford neighbourhood of mostly Victorian period houses. But Oakdene, built in 1963 and refurbished extensively in 2004 is modern: all the internal doors and doorframes inside the house were replaced, for example.
The principal change was the addition of a glazed extension and a raised balcony with stainless steel handrails at the back of the house from which there are views of the river Suir. The drawingroom, diningroom and livingroom all have floor-to-ceiling windows and sliding patio doors opening on to the deck.
French windows
A wide front hall is mahogany-floored, as are the diningroom and drawingroom. Downstairs accommodation includes these rooms as well as the kitchen, sittingroom, a mahogany-floored study and a bathroom with a shower.
The kitchen has a tiled floor, worktops are granite and there are sliding patio doors to the front garden as well as French windows opening on to the balcony at the back. There is also a utility room downstairs.
Upstairs are four double bedrooms, all carpeted, and the family bathroom. The main bedroom has a fully tiled en-suite, fitted wardrobes in a dressingroom, and floor-to-ceiling windows with river views.
There are patio areas at the front and back of the house, with a deck at the river’s edge. The garden is filled with mature trees, shrubbery and hedging. Electric gates open into the tarmacadamed front driveway.
