Period homes needing work in Blackrock and Sutton, and a former showhouse in Dublin 6W are among houses on view this weekend
WITH banks reluctant to lend for refurbishment work right now,prices are dropping for houses that are seen as fixer uppers. Cuanog on Dean’s Grange Road, Blackrock, Co Dublin, is one such property – a large Victorian three-storey house that’s currently divided into three flats, with over 418sq m (4,500sq ft) of living space in total. There is also a separate two-bedroom mews and a good-sized garden. Lisney is asking €925,000. Original features like fireplaces, plasterwork and and cornice work await new owners.
On view Saturday, 2pm-3.30pm
Also needing work is Moy Elta, at 158 Dublin Road, Sutton, Dublin 13, a detached period house with 0.25 acre of garden running down to the sea. Lisney is asking €975,000 for the four-bedroom house which dates from 1893 and has just over 139sq m (1,500sq ft) of living space.
On view Saturday, 2pm-3.30pm
A three-bedroom period house in Sandycove, Co Dublin is for sale through Beirne Wise for €765,000. Number 42 Sandycove Road – one of a terrace of houses opposite Buckley Galleries – has over 1,600 sq ft of space nad an 88ft garden with rear access.
On view Saturday 12.30pm-1.30pm
In Dublin 6W, Sherry FitzGerald is asking €620,000 for 7 Leinster Park, a modern four-bedroom house with around 160sq m (1,724sq ft) of space and off-street parking. Built as a showhouse and refurbished in 2005, the house has porcelain flooring running throughout most of the ground floor. The layout includes a generous livingroom and larger kitchen-cum-diningroom.
On view Saturday, 1.30pm-2.30pm
In Blackrock, the Ed Dempsey agency is asking €550,000 for a four-bedroom semi in showhouse condition at 21 Carysfort Woods, off Carysfort Avenue. It has a a lovely kitchen/diningroom. There is also a south-facing rear garden.
On view Saturday, 1pm-2pm
