Set back from Tivoli Road, with a set of electric wooden gates leading to plenty of gravelled private parking, Oughterard has a great deal going for it, but it also invites you to think of doing even more.
Detached and double fronted, a Greek-style portico lends the house a vaguely aspirational whisper, while inside, a wide travertine tiled hallway gives on to a drawing room and sitting room running the length of the right hand side. Then, the kitchen, dining, utility room series is to the left.
Go outside through the French windows though and look back at the house from under the silver birch, across the patio and lawn, to realise that there’s plenty of space to make even more of this 168sq m (1,800sq ft) three bed, and still have plenty of room to enjoy summer outside – when the time comes around again.
Why would you want more room? Well, the kitchen is perfectly good and serviceable (complete with Belfast sink, Smeg double oven and granite countertops), but people do seem addicted to large statement spaces these days; where you can cook, eat and hang out, often with sun rooms attached – and there’s lots of scope to make that happen here.
Equally, upstairs, there are currently three bedrooms, two of which are en-suite, but as there’s no family bathroom at this level, a bit of extra room would give plenty of options for a rethink, as well as a fourth bedroom too.
So what do you get for your €795,000 – by private treaty with Hunters? Oughterard is a very nice house, in a brilliant location.
You're handy for shops, schools, restaurants and plenty of public transport. The Pavilion Theatre and Dún Laoghaire Marina are just down the road. The whole thing is done to a high standard.
The property has been rented until recently, and you could walk into it tomorrow, unpack your stuff and get on with things.
Or you could spend a bit of time thinking and dreaming, build out (subject to planning permission of course) at the back, and suddenly have a whole lot more castle to call your very own home.
