Guests star at huge eight-bed home with a bar and snooker room

Address: Ballybrack Road, Glencullen, Co Dublin

Asking price: €2.25m

Agent: Keane Thompson (01) 298 9384

Whether you’d like to earn extra income out of renting spare rooms or rather keep them all for yourself, this detached bungalow at the foot of the Dublin Mountains offers plenty of options.

Spanning almost 5,000 sq ft, Beechwood House has eight bedrooms, seven bathrooms and the kind of hidden extras you’d normally find in a boutique hotel rather than a family home.

Set on 2.5 acres of land, including landscaped gardens and paddocks, it’s a five-minute canter from one of Ireland’s best-known pubs, Johnnie Fox’s.

However, this home has its own bar along with a snooker room, while the converted attic is currently used as a gym/music room with an indoor sauna.

Built around a central courtyard accessed via a wide entrance hall, accommodation includes a living room, cloakroom and a double bedroom with ensuite bathroom and walk-in wardrobe to the front of the house.

Running along the left side is a family room, a kitchen/diner with separate utility and a guest WC next to the sun/snooker room. Along the right side of the courtyard are three double bedrooms, a bathroom and a guest WC. To the rear of the house are four self-contained studios, each with a bedroom, kitchenette and bathroom.

In about three minutes, you can pedal up to Glencullen Adventure Park, a purpose-built mountain bike park with a range of cycling trails for all abilities and walkways. It’s about an hour’s drive to the city centre.