When the owner of Ivy Lodge moved into her newly-built house in 1985 she was didn’t have far to move – she was already living in a flat on Elgin Road that backed onto the site and moved most of her furniture in over the back wall.
Ivy Lodge, number 9B Clyde Lane is one of two semi-detached two-storey mews houses built on the site of the original coach house.
The house is at the Herbert Park Road end of Clyde Lane, a lovely secret street that follows the perimeter of Herbert Park and has houses on just one side of the throughway giving all properties park views.
The property is 80sq metres (870sq feet) in size and has an eat-in kitchen to the front with interconnecting doors leading through to a nice sitting room where there is an open fire. The room overlooks a patioed garden that faces north-east. The garden is well planted and in summer the trees to the rear shield the house from the properties on Elgin Road.
The house has three bedrooms. The master is located to the front and overlooks the park. There is a second double and single bedroom. They share a bathroom.
A quick survey of the road shows that several of the houses have added a floor to make the most of the southerly aspect to the front and to maximize the park views.
Secure parking
The pitch of the roof of number 9B is relatively high so there is scope to possibly go up a floor, subject to planning.
Ivy Lodge shares its entrance with the house next door. Large electronic gates provide secure parking for up to two cars per house. There is a small pedestrian entrance within the large wooden gates.
The property, which has an E1Ber rating is asking €795,000 through agents Eoin O’Neill.
