Monkstown: €1.3m: Ingleside, Knapton Road, Monkstown has had only two owners in its 77-year-old history, and bears all the hallmarks of a well-maintained family home which has been caringly upgraded over the years.
The semi-detached house built in 1928 will be auctioned on April 21st with Lisney seeking offers in the region of €1.3 million.
Knapton Road is a quiet, secluded road with large homes set in mature gardens. Ingleside is on one-third of an acre and has a west-facing garden which backs onto a school sports fields and is not overlooked.
There is full planning permission to convert the timber garage to the side of the house, and a number of neighbouring families who have done so successfully show the potential of such development.
Opposite the hall door, a door opens to a large sun-filled drawingroom decorated in shades of white, beige and cream. This room has lovely rear garden views and sliding doors to a recessed patio area perfect for sheltered dining.
The drawingroom is connected via an internal door to a large glazed sunroom with a cork tiled floor and a wide picture window looking down the garden. A separate diningroom has a front-facing bay window and mahogany surround fireplace. The kitchen is outfitted in oak and has a gas-fired Aga cooker. A glazed sliding wall opens from the kitchen to sunroom, and the kitchen is also connected to a shelved utility room with rear access. There is, in addition, a walk-in shelved china pantry providing extra storage for food, delph or utensils. A guest toilet off the hall has recessed hanging space for coats.
The staircase curves upward to a landing with built-in bookshelves, then to four bedrooms and a family bathroom. The main bedroom is front facing, with fitted wardrobes and a shower room. Two other bedrooms have fitted wardrobes and basins, and a fourth bedroom with a timber panelled ceiling and wall-to-wall open shelving is used as a home office. The elevated site gives sea views from the rear bedrooms.
Outside a generous frontage provides an ample tarmacam forecourt and wide side access. Planning permission has been obtained for a detached single storey one-bedroom bungalow on the site of the existing timber garage, while the layout would also lend itself to a more ambitious home extension.
The rear garden, which has been lovingly and expertly tended over the years, has a deep patio area, mature lawn with well filled rockery and original pond feature. An ivy-clad arch leads through to a second section which has done duty as a tennis court, croquet lawn and wild flower meadow in its day.
There is a compost area with work in progress and a vegetable patch with raspberry canes.
