Residential

One for sports enthusiasts: a home on Lansdowne Terrace

Because of its Ballsbridge location, this property could appeal to buyers interested in its commercial potential

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Bernice Harrison
Thu Mar 12 2015 - 09:00

The location of this house guarantees instant popularity with friends who are rugby fans. Number 1 Lansdowne Terrace is nearly directly across from the Shelbourne Road entrance to the Aviva stadium. Because part of the large Victorian house was once a doctor’s surgery, there is plenty of off-street parking outside. The 233sq m (2,509sq ft) semi-detached red-brick is for sale through Sherry Fitzgerald for €1,950,000.

That surgery was in the single-storey 37sq m (400sq ft) extension to the side. It has its own entrance and it was built in red brick with a pitched roof in a style sympathetic to the period house. It is now a two-bed rental with its own small patio at the rear.

The door connecting this section with the main house is still there, leading into the large hall, and it could be opened up again if the new owners wanted to easily incorporate this extension into the main part of the house.

The main house has been a comfortable single family rental for some time and it has just three bedrooms, each with an en suite – something of a surprise given the substantial square footage – two fine interconnecting reception rooms, a smaller family room and a good-sized eat in kitchen to the rear. The elaborate plasterwork is intact, as is the stained glass in the hall door.

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At one time, 1 Lansdowne Terrace would have had a very large back garden but some time ago, part of it was sectioned off and a small townhouse development was built there. Now the garden – gravelled for easy maintenance for the tenants and bordered by mature hedging – is wide but small relative to the substantial house.

Buyers interested in a large family home with income potential might take a look at this house and if they do, they will redecorate and update the house from top to bottom, probably installing a new kitchen and bathrooms.

Because of the Ballsbridge location, it is also likely that this property will appeal to someone interested in its commercial potential, maybe using it again as a medical or perhaps a dental surgery.

It is zoned Z2, which gives plenty of scope and lists permissible uses as buildings for the health, safety and welfare of the public; childcare facility; home-based economic activity; medical and related consultants; open space; public service installation and residential.