€695,000 for Sandycove house

A DETACHED HOUSE with planning permission for five further homes in the grounds at Castle Park Road in Sandycove, Co Dublin, …

A DETACHED HOUSE with planning permission for five further homes in the grounds at Castle Park Road in Sandycove, Co Dublin, has come on the market through CB Richard Ellis at an asking price of €695,000.

Linden Lodge, a two-storey detached house with a floor area of 321 sq m (3,455 sq ft), is in need of extensive refurbishment and has frontage on to both Castle Park Road and Wolverton Glen.

The planning permission provides for the existing house to be renovated, upgraded and converted into office use. The planning permission also allows the development of five four-bedroom two-and-a-half storey terraced houses, each with floor areas of 222 sq m (2,389 sq ft) and 60 m gardens.The planning permission, ratified by An Bord Pleanála last June, is subject to standard conditions.

Leslie Rothwell of CB Richard Ellis says he expects the property to be of interest to developers, owner-occupiers, embassies and nursing home operators.