A bungalow kitted with pieces salvaged from a classic Georgian and a handsome home in D6 with development potential are among homes open this weekend
HOUSEHUNTERS looking to trade down in Blackrock should take a look at Beechfield, on Sydney Avenue, an attractive 1970s bungalow with some interesting fittings that came from long-gone Frascati House. The front door, some inner doors, and the hallway chandelier were all taken from the Georgian house that originally stood on the land now occupied by the Frascati Shopping Centre.
Salvage items aside, this 145sq m (1,560sq ft) two-bedroom bungalow has plenty to recommend it, having good gardens front and back and a lovely high ceilinged livingroom that will suit downsizers wanting to accommodate large pieces of furniture.
There’s a separate diningroom and a neat kitchen, while the two en suite bedrooms look out over the immaculately kept back garden with its brimming herbaceous border, glass house and potting shed, An integrated garage, complete with cellar, offers further scope to extend. The house is set for auction through Lisney on May 20th. The AMV is €900,000.
On view, Saturday, 2pm-3.30pm
In Rathgar, Property Team O’Mahony is putting a handsome terraced house at 4 Kenilworth Road to auction on May 13th with an AMV of €1.6 million. The 323.7sq m (3,485sq ft) three-storey property has a two-bedroom flat downstairs, with a four-bedroom home on the upper floors. There’s a wealth of period detail including cornicing, fireplaces and a grand glass dome set into the roof. A 136ft garden with garages onto Kenilworth Lane suggest development potential. It is an executor’s sale.
On view Saturday, 2.30pm-4pm
Three and four bedroom houses are being sold this weekend in Rathfarnham in the latest phase of the Stocking Wood scheme in Dublin 16. The yellow brick houses, by Deane Homes, sit in a landscaped development and this phase has seen prices fall by as much as €265,000. The three-bedroom houses start at €385,000 and the four beds cost from €415,000. Hooke MacDonald and Orchard Real Estate are the joint agents and will be selling the houses from show homes.
On view Saturday and Sunday, 2.30pm-4.30pm
One of the oldest cottages in Bray Co Wicklow is for sale at €385,000 through Sherry FitzGerald. Sidmonton Cottage, at Novara Avenue, is a three-bedroom home dating from the early 1800s, with planning permission for an extension.
Original features include fireplaces and cornicing. There is a livingroom, diningroom, study and two bathrooms.
On view Saturday, 11.30am-12.30pm
An unusual Art Deco style house needing refurbishment in Rosmeen Park, Dun Laoghaire, is asking €985,000 through Lisney.
Carriguna, a six-bedroom house with a good garden is at the top of the cul-de-sac, with the People’s Park at the end of the road and Sandycove Dart station a five minute walk from the door.
There are lots of original details such as tiled fireplaces, pine flooring and old metal windows. The top landing has stairs to the roof.
On view Saturday, noon-1pm
Want to get away from it all? Waterford estate agents O’Shea O’Toole is asking €230,000 for a farmhouse and outbuildings on 2.5 acres at Lahardan, Portlaw, seven miles north west of Waterford city.
Reached via a quiet country lane, the two-bedroom long cottage is over 250 years old and clearly in need of total refurbishment.
Outbuildings include a barn that backs directly on to the house. The land includes an orchard filled with wild flowers.
On view Saturday, 2pm-3pm
