Kinloch House, a detached house with a third of an acre of garden at Gordon Avenue, Foxrock, Dublin 18 carries a guide price of £700,000-plus prior to its auction by Gunne Residential on April 11th. The exterior of this 1950s home is particularly attractive, with leaded windows and sloping roofs creating a strong period feel. It is set back from the road with the gardens sweeping out to the front and sides. The interior offers some scope for redecoration with the possibility of extending into the garden.
A wrought-iron gate opens into a wide gravelled driveway with ample car-parking space in front of the house, as well as a double garage.
The entrance porch is bright with a tiled floor and leads into a good-sized hallway with all the main rooms leading off it. The livingroom has a window on each side and a redbrick fireplace with a gas fire inset. It runs into a small sunroom which looks out on the garden. There is ample scope here for a larger conservatory.
At the other side of the hall is the diningroom, which is long and narrow with an arch leading to a bay window.
The spacious kitchen and breakfast room has yellow fitted units and a breakfast bar. Off the dining area is a utility room with a sink and plumbing for a washing machine. A door leads into a side garden with a red paved patio, grassed area and a wooden Wendy house. Up a couple of steps is a cloakroom with a lavatory.
Upstairs are three good-sized single rooms and a double bedroom. Two of the bedrooms could certainly be used as doubles and one has a slanting ceiling. The main bedroom has a large window with glimpses of the Dublin mountains. There is also a smaller window and one wall has fitted units and a washand basin.
A large bathroom has sanitary ware in green.
The gardens are mainly in grass with a large spruce to the front and an evergreen shrubbery as well as a rockery.
The guide price could prove conservative: a similar property on Gordon Avenue, Woodlands, sold for £855,000 at auction last year, also through Gunne Residential.
