Hopefield House | 4-Bed Family Home | Wood Stove

Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Pull up to private rear parking, step inside, and let the kids loose in a proper family home. Three big doubles, one Superking, two full bathrooms, a wood-burning stove for those wild Atlantic nights, and an open-plan kitchen-diner where everyone actually fits. West Strand is a 12-minute stroll, Royal Portrush is on your doorstep, and the Causeway Coast is yours from morning to last light.

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A proper four-bed family home, not a squeezed-in holiday let. 36 Hopefield Gardens was built as a real family home, and it still feels like one — just dialled in for visitors. You've got the layout most coastal lets pretend to have: a generous front-to-back living and dining area, a separate fully-fitted kitchen, a utility room (no fighting over which towel goes in which machine), and four genuine double bedrooms upstairs. Six adults sleep without anyone drawing the short straw on the sofa bed. Downstairs The front door opens into a wide carpeted hallway with the alarm panel, a console table for keys and post, and a guest cloakroom tucked discreetly under the stairs (downstairs WC only — full bathrooms are upstairs). Off the hallway, the formal lounge runs the full length of one side of the house and is built around a working wood-burning stove set into a limestone surround. Cast-iron fireplace tools, a basket of firelogs, a thick black rug, and three leather sofas mean you can pile six adults in front of the fire on a wet January night without anyone perching on an arm. Step through to the dining area at the rear and you've got an extending oak table that seats six comfortably (eight at a push for Christmas dinner), a sideboard for serving, and patio doors out to the enclosed back garden. Two reception areas connected by a wide opening means the kids can have the TV on in one space while the adults are eating, chatting, or playing cards in the other. Nobody trapped on top of anyone else. The kitchen is properly equipped — walnut-finish units, granite-effect worktops, full-size electric oven, ceramic hob, microwave, kettle, toaster, fridge-freezer, dishwasher. Bay window over the sink looking out across the garden. Tea, coffee, sugar, oil, salt and pepper, dishwasher tablets and washing-up liquid all left for you. The separate utility room runs off the kitchen with washing machine, tumble dryer, mop bucket, hoover, and the back door out to the side. Bring sandy wetsuits in this way and they never see the carpet. Upstairs Four bedrooms, three doubles, with the master being a super king. All carpeted, all with blackout blinds or curtains, all with proper hanging space. The master suite sits across the back of the house — a Super-king bed, a wall of fitted pine wardrobes, a flat-screen TV, dual-aspect windows, and a private ensuite shower room with a quadrant shower enclosure, vanity sink, WC, and heated towel rail. Properly your room for the week. The second double (front of the house) has a double bed with white ironwork frame, fitted sliding-door wardrobes with a full-length mirror, two bedside tables with lamps, and a generous floor area with a rug. Quiet, simple, west-facing morning light. The third double is the teal-and-charcoal room - double bed, leather headboard, fitted wardrobe with mirrored door, a feature pendant light, and the only bedroom with a desk and chair if anyone needs to send an email mid-stay. Bright and cool toned. The fourth double (back of the house) is a smaller but still full double — white bedlinen, chest of drawers, lamp, stool. Perfect for a couple, a teenager, or two kids in a double. The family bathroom is a stand-out: corner bath big enough to actually use, separate quadrant shower with overhead rainfall head, pedestal sink, WC, two windows (so it's never dim). Bath sheets and hand towels left in every bedroom. Outside Private rear parking is accessed via the archway between numbers 34 and 36 (your space is to the left). One car easily, two if you're careful. Enclosed lawned back garden with patio, table and four chairs, a couple of relaxer chairs, washing line, garden shed for your bikes/boards/clubs. Fenced on all sides so the kids and the dog can run free. Heating, hot water, wifi. Full oil-fired central heating throughout (the thermostat is in the hall — set it and forget it), backed up by the wood-burner for the lounge. Firewood is provided to get you started; further bags from any local garage. Fast unlimited Wi-Fi reaches every corner. Two smart TVs (lounge and master bedroom), one standard TV in bedroom three. Bring your own Netflix/Disney+/Prime logins — the TVs are app-ready.

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What's around you Hopefield Gardens is a quiet residential cul-de-sac on the eastern edge of Portrush, in the Ballyreagh / Ramore side of town. You're 12 minutes' walk to West Strand and the harbour, 15 to the train station, 20 to the East Strand promenade and Curry's amusement park. Royal Portrush Golf Club is a 4-minute drive (or a 25-minute walk if you fancy it). The Lansdowne play park is a 5-minute walk for kids who need to burn off energy. Spar and Centra are both under 10 minutes on foot for milk-and-emergency-wine runs. For golfers You're closer to Royal Portrush than 90% of central Portrush rentals. Easy 4-minute drive, secure rear parking for the clubs, drying space in the utility for waterproofs, and a wood-burner for the post-round debrief. For NW200 weekend (May) You are inside the course. The Magic Roundabout section is a 5-minute walk and University Corner is 8 minutes. Minimum stay rises to 4 nights for race week — book early. For families with kids Enclosed garden, four real bedrooms, two full bathrooms, downstairs WC (golden when someone's mid-meltdown), travel cot and high chair available on request at no charge. West Strand is the gentler of the two town beaches and a 12-minute pram-friendly walk away. Day trips from your front door Giant's Causeway 15 min drive · Dunluce Castle 6 min · Bushmills Distillery 12 min · Dark Hedges 20 min · Carrick-a-Rede 25 min · Mussenden Temple 20 min · Derry/Londonderry 45 min · Belfast 1 hr 5 min. House rules in plain English No parties, no stag/hen groups, no smoking inside (smoke in the garden, bin provided). Pets considered on request (£40 supplement, max one well-behaved dog). Minimum booker age 25. Maximum 8 guests, no exceptions. Managed by Nestled We're a small north-coast team. Message any hour, real human answers, usually within 10 minutes. Clean, restocked, and inspected before every arrival.

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Hopefield Gardens sits on the quiet eastern edge of Portrush, in a small modern development just off the Coleraine Road. You're in a properly residential pocket — wide pavements, schools, a handful of local shops, families pushing prams to the play park — not the rowdy seafront side of town. That's exactly why it works as a holiday base. You sleep in peace, then walk into the action. Step out the front door and you're 12 minutes on foot from West Strand Beach and the harbour, where the Atlantic crashes against the rocks and the fishing boats come and go. Carry on past the harbour and you're into the town centre proper — Ramore Wine Bar, Kiwi's, Babushka coffee shack, Morelli's ice cream — all the Portrush institutions that locals send first-timers to. Five more minutes and you're at East Strand, the longer of the two beaches and the one with the dunes that wrap around Royal Portrush Golf Club. The Lansdowne play park is a 5-minute walk if you've got kids who need to be unleashed before dinner. The big Spar and Centra are both under 10 minutes for milk, wine, and forgotten toothbrush runs. Curry's Funfair — a Portrush childhood rite of passage — is a 15-minute walk along the seafront. Drive 4 minutes and you're at Royal Portrush Golf Club, host of The Open. Drive 6 minutes and you're at Dunluce Castle perched on the cliffs. Twelve minutes gets you to Bushmills Distillery; fifteen to the Giant's Causeway. The Causeway Coastal Route — voted one of the best road trips in the world — runs right past your door. The neighbourhood is quiet, safe, and well-lit at night. The houses are owner-occupied (no party-let next door), and there's no through-traffic on Hopefield Gardens itself. You'll hear seagulls and the occasional Royal Portrush groundskeeper's mower, not late-night Stag-do shouting.

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You've got the entire house, the entire enclosed back garden, the shed, and your private rear parking space. The only thing that's locked is the boiler cupboard (it doesn't need to be opened during your stay — call us if there's ever an issue with heat or hot water and we'll handle it remotely or in person within the hour). Self-check-in via a keysafe at the rear door — code sent the morning of arrival once your ID is verified. Check in from 3pm, check out by 10am.

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By car — You've got private rear parking accessed through the archway between numbers 34 and 36. Pull in, park up, and you don't need the car again until you're heading home or out to the Causeway. There's an EV charger at the Diamond car park in town (10-min walk) and another at the Lansdowne Crescent car park. By foot — Portrush is one of the most walkable towns on the north coast. The seafront, both beaches, the harbour, the restaurants, the train station — all within 15 minutes of the front door on flat pavement. Bring decent shoes; you'll use them. By train — Portrush railway station is a 15-minute walk and runs direct to Coleraine (10 min), Belfast (1 hr 50), and Derry/Londonderry (1 hr 15) with a change. Brilliant if you want to leave the car at home for the week. By bus — The Causeway Rambler bus stops a 6-minute walk away and links you to the Giant's Causeway, Dunluce, Bushmills and Carrick-a-Rede without driving a yard. Runs daily May to September. By taxi — A local taxi to East Strand or the harbour runs about £5. Belfast International Airport is roughly £75 and 50 minutes; City of Derry Airport is £35 and 35 minutes. Cycling — There's a coastal cycle path that links Portrush to Portstewart (4 miles, mostly flat, sea views the whole way). Bikes can live in the rear shed.

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