An appealing old brick detached house at 14 Wilfield Park, Sandymount has a pre-auction guide of £550,000 (€698,360) with Sherry FitzGerald auctioneers. The three-bedroom house - to be auctioned on May 9th - requires a degree of updating but has immense potential.
Three generations of the same family have lived in the house, spanning 60 years. Viewers will be very taken with the large gardens, which are lovingly maintained and have an almost 360-degree orientation.
Number 14 is a corner house at the far end of Wilfield Park, in what is a very quiet spot with little through traffic. Closeness to Sandymount DART station is an obvious attraction, while the sea and village centre are a short walk from the house. Because of its large gardens, the 1,425 sq ft house could be extended, subject to planning permission.
Bay windows and nooks-and-crannies typical of pre-war houses create an interesting interior layout. There is a proper cloakroom off the hall for coats and a bright bay-windowed sittingroom with radiators curved into the bay. A new owner will probably replace the fireplaces here and in the diningroom with more stylish models - and perhaps change the existing metal window frames.
The diningroom overlooks the back and side gardens and is also extremely bright. At the end of the hall is the kitchen, an old-fashioned but good-sized room, with a utility room off which could be incorporated when the kitchen is being re-vamped. A covered side passage houses the washing machine and includes a toilet and storage shed.
Two of the three bedrooms upstairs are doubles and there is one large single room. The gardens are meticulously maintained and packed with herbaceous borders and neatly clipped shrubs. An arched recess on the back wall formed by the chimney is ideal for a barbecue or a garden bench.
