Foxrock: €5mIt's hard to imagine a better team to gut and restore a house than architect Paul Brazil and Miriam Peters of the Minnie Peters interiors shop.
Brazil is one of the most sought-after architects in town with, apparently, an 18-month waiting list for an appointment. Miriam Peters creates superbly opulent interiors for the very rich. Together they have completed Southwood, a large detached house on Westminster Road, Foxrock that has an AMV of €5 million prior to auction with Lisney on October 6th.
The five-bedroom house has around 409sq m (4,400sq ft) of living space, extended and refurbished over the last 12 months. It stands on a site of 0.44 acres.
Aimed at the affluent trade-up market, Southwood is impressive, with a superb octagonal hallway complete with fireplace, leading to a dramatic drawingroom with several sets of French doors to the garden; a vast eat-in kitchen leads on to a family room with obligatory plasma screen over the fireplace. Beyond this is a large utility room with separate access to the front garden and to the garage. Also on the ground floor is a large study and a luxurious ground floor bedroom suite that frankly is too good for the au pair. A stunning oak staircase leads upstairs, where the main bedroom suite and its luxurious bath and dressingroom occupy an entire wing. A pretty cast-iron fireplace in the bedroom continues the art nouveau theme that runs through the house.
Three further bedrooms, all charming, characterful rooms, share two shower rooms.
