A four-bedroom semi-detached house at 16 Hyde Park, Dalkey, Co Dublin, is expected to make more than £350,000 at a Lisney auction on September 30th. With a lot of work recently completed, it is in impeccable condition with bright rooms, sanded wood floors and a 130 ft-long rear garden which has a raised patio and a safe, secluded children's play area behind the shelter of several fruit trees. Hyde Park is a quiet, leafy cul-de-sac not far from Dalkey village. With schools, shops and playing grounds nearby, it is ideal for families.
Number 16 has a big front garden with plenty of space for parking and potential to extend to the side of the house. The 1,500 sq ft house has a spacious hallway with a polished timber floor, dado rail, guest lavatory under the stairs and, straight ahead, a door leading to the kitchen and diningroom.
To the left, there is a livingroom and family room, separated as in the original style with no double doors between. The livingroom has a smallish bay window on to the front garden, a polished timber floor and cast-iron fireplace with tile inset. A picture rail runs around the ochre-painted walls.
The family room also has a timber floor, a cast-iron fireplace, picture rail in natural wood on white painted walls and French doors leading to the patio and garden.
The kitchen is compact and functional - a choice made by the owners when they decided to extend to the side of the house and create a separate diningroom. Mexican hand-painted tiles are a feature of the kitchen, which has a range of pine fitted units, timber tongue-and-groove ceiling and a wide window. The room overlooks the rear garden.
A set of steps leads down to the laundry/ utility room, which also has a tongue-and-groove ceiling. There is a door from here into the garage and another leading to the patio and garden.
The terracotta-painted diningroom, which leads directly off the hall, is a good-sized room and has windows to the front and side. It has a pretty pine surround fireplace and cunningly concealed cupboards that are painted the same colour as the walls.
Upstairs, the four bedrooms lead off a spacious landing. The main room, which overlooks the back garden, is a double room with lots of light. A second rear bedroom is smaller, but ideal as a child's bedroom. One of the front bedrooms has a cast-iron fireplace and bay window while the fourth, and smallest bedroom could be converted to an en suite bathroom. The family bathroom has plenty of space and light and is decorated in midnight blue and white.
One of the best features of this property is the large, sunny back garden. Directly behind the house is a wide patio area with stone steps leading down to a lawned area with a path running through it leading to the end of the garden where there is a play area. The owners have lived here for over 10 years and in that time have regularly updated and redecorated the house. It has been re-wired and re-plumbed, most of the windows are double-glazed and fitted carpets, curtains and blinds are included in the sale.
