A four-bedroom semidetached house, 47 North Avenue, Mount Merrion, Co Dublin, is located in a quiet residential area. The roads, built to accommodate the newly acquired family cars of the 1940s and 1950s, are broad and pleasant, with plenty of room for on and off-street parking. Number 47, with a substantial paved driveway, offers space for three or four cars.
Solidly constructed in 1947 by Kenny Builders, the house has been in the same family for 46 years. It comes to auction on April 12th through Sherry FitzGerald, which is quoting £480,000.
The back garden, which has a manicured, emerald-green lawn as its proud centrepiece, was awarded a certificate of merit in the Shamrock National Gardens Competition of 1997. A small pond, enlivened by a gentle trickle of water, is surrounded by a rockery.
At this time of the year, the borders are filled with colour from numerous heathers, primulas and hellebores. Outdoor lamps illuminate the garden in the evenings.
The house, like the garden, has been scrupulously maintained, and the new owners may require only to redecorate according to their taste. On the ground floor, there are three reception rooms, a kitchen and a guest lavatory. A small study is to one side of the front door.
Across the hall, there is a north-facing dining-room, a long room with double sliding doors opening into a very bright drawing-room at the rear. This room, with a fieldstone fireplace, has a large window looking on to the picture-perfect back garden.
In the kitchen, also at the rear, there is a good range of built-in appliances and units. A covered outdoor passage leads into the garage: this has been adapted for use in a family catering business.
Upstairs, the main bedroom at the rear has been converted into a second sitting-room. The three remaining bedrooms - two doubles and a single - all have fitted wardrobes. A large family bathroom completes this level. There is a partially floored attic. Some of the neighbouring houses have extended upwards, installing Velux-type windows in the roofs.
