Homes needing a total makeover, a large apartment in a period home and a redbrick with original features are on view this weekend, writes ORNA MULCAHY
PRICEDat well under €1 million, a large period house needing refurbishment at 4 Lower Prince Edward Terrace in Blackrock is attracting lots of interest, according to sales agent, Peter Kenny of Colliers Jackson-Stops. The 418sq m (4,500sq ft) house is for sale at €800,000, reflecting the fact that it needs a total makeover, and also that there are two sitting tenants, one in the basement, and one in a garage at the end of the garden which is used as a commercial premises.
On view Saturday, noon-1pm
IN SANDYMOUNT, Sherry FitzGerald is asking €895,000 for a terraced three-bedroom redbrick at 24 Oaklands Park, off Serpentine Avenue. The Victorian house has a traditional layout with interconnecting reception rooms and a good-sized eat-in kitchen. There are some nice original features, though the house has been modernised with the addition of a large attic room which has its own en suite bathroom.
On view Saturday, 12.30pm-1.30pm
NEW TOthe market in Milltown, Dublin 6 is 45 Ramleh Park, off Milltown Road, a pretty redbrick four-bedroom house that is asking €995,000 through Gunne Residential. The 1930s 153sq m (1,650sq ft) house is in walk-in condition, having been modernised and extended into the attic. There is off-street parking and a sheltered back garden landscaped by Paul Doyle.
On view Saturday, 3pm-4.30pm
AN APARTMENToccupying the two lower floors of a fine period house at 84 Lower Drumcondra Road, Dublin 9, just opposite the Archbishop's Palace, is for sale through Lisney for €475,000. The two-bedroom, 112sq m (1,206sq ft) apartment is entered at basement level; that opens into an open-plan space with the livingroom to the front and large eat-in kitchen to the back. It opens out via double doors onto a pretty town garden. The bathroom has an unusual copper shower enclosure, made by designer Brian McDonald.
A spiral staircase leads up to two rooms, one to the front, the other to the back, which have high ceilings.
On view Saturday noon-1pm
Avalon, a detached 1930s bungalow needing complete renovation at 64 Albert Road Upper, Glenageary, Co Dublin, is being sold by Colliers Jackson-Stops as an executor sale with a price tag of €575,000. The 81sq m (872sq ft) two-bedroom house has a livingroom, family room, kitchen and breakfastroom. With a 45ft back garden and a garage, it also has potential to extend. It is close to Glenageary Dart station.
On view Saturday, noon-1pm
