CHURCHTOWN, DUBLIN 14: €975,000:This 1930s detached home is roomy yet still has possibilities for future expansion
NUMBER 6 Woodside Drive is a great three-bedroom, art deco-style house that has been totally refurbished to create a bright, contemporary and well-insulated family home – something deco properties are not renowned for.
Original features such as stained-glass windows and panels, picture rails, cornicing and deco door handles are preserved.
For sale through Savills, it has an asking price of €975,000.
The three-bedroom property has changed its look considerably since it was built in the 1930s. Its flat roof has been replaced by a raised roof and the current owners built on, enclosing the first-floor balcony out front and extending out the back to create an open-plan kitchen/breakfast room and roomy outdoor deck.
The house is set on a corner site and as a result has a lovely symmetry to its layout. The front door opens onto an inner porch where the property’s original front door with its stained-glass detail leads into the hall. Two mirror-image reception rooms open off this: to the right is a sitting room, with direct access from it onto the outdoor deck; to the left is a dining room of almost equal proportions. Both have matching marble fireplaces and hearths.
Another door opens into the TV room which leads down a step into the extra height, open-plan Mobalpa kitchen and breakfast room. In the roof are two skylights that can be opened via remote control. The windows are programmed to close when they feel the first drops of rain. There are Canadian maple floors throughout the ground floor.
French doors lead out to a raised timber deck which overlooks a big, grassy, walled back garden that is south-east facing. There are several mature trees including a cypress.
There is another original stained-glass panel on the landing. Upstairs the three double bedrooms all open onto the former balcony, now an enclosed sunroom. The main bedroom is ensuite. The family bathroom has a free-standing roll-top bath and separate shower.
To the side of the house is a roomy garage with off-street parking for two cars in front. The garage and boiler house offer the would-be renovator a chance to further expand the size of the house.
There is also a large, floored attic with potential for a further two rooms, subject to planning permission.
6 Woodside Drive, Churchtown, Dublin 14
Art-deco three-bedroom detached home with large south-facing rear garden
Agent:Savills
