Two homes on Nutley: ready to go and ripe for a revamp

3 Nutley Park, Donnybrook Description: A three-bedroom 1930s property has been extended and upgraded Agent: SherryFitzGerald

Nutley Park is a quiet cul-de-sac just off Nutley Lane with pedestrian access to Stillorgan Road. Number 3 is a three-bedroom house that was renovated about 15 years ago when the semi-detached property was extended to the side to make it double-fronted. The extended layout retains a useful side passage and adds a small study to the right of the hall where there is a miniature version of the living room’s bay window.

By removing the dividing wall between the living room and dining room, the owners created one large room with double doors leading from the dining area through to a conservatory that overlooks the garden and is almost the width of the house. This room is tiled and has doors leading out to the kind of lawned garden that is perfect for children, bookended by a pair of cherry blossom trees that almost meet in the middle. Off this large open space is the business end of the kitchen. It has polished black countertops that make the space feel a little dark and a four-door Aga and gas-hobbed module.

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55 Nutley Lane, Donnybrook

Originally, the house had four bedrooms, but the owners took advantage of the additional space they gained to the side to upgrade the accommodation set-up and downgrade the number of bedrooms to three, creating a layout that will really appeal to families of older kids. The stairs split with two bedrooms to the left and another to the right.

Extravagantly, the master suite now spans two bedrooms, with the sleeping area in the bay-windowed front room. Double doors open into a full dressing room with wardrobes on one wall only.

Off it is a large en suite with a hotel finish and a separate bath and shower. There is a second double in this, the original part of the house. The third bedroom, a good-sized double, is in the newer part of the house, where there is also a large family bathroom. From here, stairs lead to an attic room with a shower room adjacent.

The property has been staged for sale and has PVC windows throughout that the next owner might like to replace.

Measuring 238 sq m (2,581sq ft) – including the attic room – the property is asking €1.5 million through agents SherryFitzGerald.

Several houses sold in Nutley Park in 2013, according to the Property Price Register. Number 29 sold for €902,000 in February and number 50 for €1.04 million in March. Number 22, a detached property unoccupied since 2011, sold in December 2013 for €950,000, having come to market asking €1 million. It was back on the market in January of this year, asking €1.395 million, through Hunters, with full planning to replace the existing house with a 390sq m three-storey-over-basement structure. This has since been reduced by €100,000, to €1.295 million.

55 Nutley Lane, Donnybrook

Description: Four-bedroom detached house in need of modernisation Agent: SherryFitzGerald

Built in 1965, 55 Nutley Lane is a detached house set on a sizeable plot at the Merrion Centre end of the thoroughfare.

It has a roomy hall with a guest toilet off it that is of its vintage. The ground floor in its current layout doesn’t make the most of its potential. The house is built north to south, with the sitting room warmed by southern light to the front of the house. It has an open fire and a bay window.

Double doors lead through to a formal dining room which has a Victorian-style conservatory off it and on through to the kitchen, a room that is small by today’s standards. A complete rethink, subject to planning, to take advantage of the sunny aspect to the front, would be to move the kitchen into the single-storey sizeable garage to the side which runs the depth of the house. This would facilitate rear garden views and access.

The master bedroom overlooks Elm Park Golf Course and fans of the game can happily view others playing the course. This room has an en-suite bathroom with wardrobe space off it. There are three other bedrooms.

There is a decent and private garden to the front and a far more substantial back garden that has a high hedge to the rear shielding it from Broc Apartments, a short-term let complex to the rear.

Already 204 sq m (2206sq ft) in size, this is a house that has the potential to become a fine family home, subject to planning, requiring some further investment over the €1.2 million asking price through SherryFitzGerald.

Top of the shopping list might be triple-glazed windows to shield the noise of traffic on Nutley Lane, a busy commuter artery serving St Vincent’s hospital and RTÉ.