Rathgar/€1.95m: A large walled back garden is a strong feature of 5 Garville Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6, a double-fronted Victorian villa-style house with a separate two-bedroom apartment at the side which is for sale by private treaty.
Agent Douglas Newman Good is asking €1.95 million for the 240sq m (2,580sq ft) four-bedroom house, which is in good condition but in need of modernisation.
The entrance hall, painted a vivid pink, has a centre rose and cornicework. A lounge with an oak mantelpiece and marble hearth opens to one side. There are two bedrooms, one with a stained timber floor, and a bathroom at this level.
The kitchen/diningroom and two more bedrooms, as well as a utility room, are at garden level.
A separate apartment at the side of the house has a lounge/diningroom with a stained timber floor, two bedrooms, kitchen and bathroom. It could easily be reintegrated with the main house, according to the agent, by unblocking the doorway that was sealed off to create the separate space. It has its own entrance and separate heating system.
There is off-street parking in the railed front garden; a good-sized back garden stocked with a variety of shrubs and trees also has paved and gravelled patio areas.
