A four-bed Rathgar redbrick, a detached 1938 four-bed in Rathfarnham and a family home in Greystones Harbour with views of Bray Head are among the highlights on view this weekend
15 Villiers Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6, €975,000, Lisney
This spacious family house originally had four bedrooms but one was incorporated into the main bedroom suite. The house is 175 sq m (1,880 sq ft), excluding a 20 sq m (215 sq ft) attic and a detached office in the garden. Original features including fireplaces, decorative ceiling cornices and centre roses.
The house has an interconnecting drawing room and dining room, both with matching mahogany and cast-iron fireplaces. The 20m (66ft) rear garden has an office and tool shed.
On view Saturday, noon-1 pm
Roxboro, 56 Crannagh Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, €1.495 million, Douglas Newman Good
Roxboro is a detached four-bed house built by architect Stringer in 1938 on a third of an acre of landscaped gardens. It overlooks the Castle golf club to the rear. Clad in Dolphins Barn brick, it has lots of original features including art deco mantelpieces, ceiling coving and doors.
Rooms include a lounge with a bay window overlooking the garden, a dining room, TV room, fitted kitchen cum breakfast room, study and utility. Large garage and side entrance.
On view Saturday, 1-2pm
Wavecrest, 2 The Harbour, Greystones, Co Wicklow, €495,000, McNally Handy Partners
Close to Greystones Harbour with views of Bray Head, this 130 sq m (1,400 sq ft) end-of-terrace house has been in the same family for over 40 years and is in need of some modernisation. There are four bedrooms, all at first-floor level, and a good-sized bathroom with a separate toilet.
It has a drawing room, dining room, kitchen and play room. Secluded south-facing rear garden.
On view Saturday, 3-4pm
5 The Range, Donadea, Co Kildare, €155,000, REA Coonan
Built around 1840, this stone-front two-bed terraced house on a cul-de-sac near Donadea Forest Park was renovated in 1998. It has a good-sized kitchen/living room, bright seating area and a family bathroom, and has been renovated and extended by the owner.
One of the prettiest features is the south-facing rear garden which isn’t overlooked and has a patio area and a landscaped garden with a raised lawn and a Barna shed.
On view Saturday, 2-3pm
31 Belmont Avenue, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, €490,000, Turley Associates
Located on Belmont Avenue, which connects Morehampton Road, Donnybrook and Sandford Road, Ranelagh, this three-bed is 140 sq m (1,500 sq ft). Recently redecorated, it was extended to the rear in 2005 and has a good-sized kitchen with modern cream fitted units and dining space. The main reception rooms in the original part of the house are a sitting room, dining room and TV room. Upstairs, the main bedroom is en-suite.
On view Saturday, 1-2pm
23 Whitebarn Road, Churchtown, Dublin 14, €265,000, Lisney
A two-bed semi-detached bay-windowed bungalow built around 1949, requiring some modernisation and upgrading with a 27m (90ft) rear garden. It has a living room with a bay window and ceiling coving, a kitchen with a terracotta tiled floor and a separate breakfast room with double doors to a sun room.
A walled garden to the front is mainly laid out in lawn with mature flowerbeds. There’s also off-street car parking and a garage.
On view Saturday, noon to 1pm
