When the current owners of 18 Moyne Road in Ranelagh bought their home in 2001, the house had been given a complete facelift by its previous owners, Sandra O’Riordan and Michael O’Carroll, a husband and wife architect team at ocorarchitects.com. Elegantly restored to its former glory, this lovely house on the popular fringes of Ranelagh village is now on the market through estate agent SherryFitzGerald with an asking price of €975,000.
The house stands at 137sq m (1,475 sq ft) with the added bonus of a large attic room, which has had an en suite installed recently.
The hallway has its original coving and ceiling rose and solid oak flooring and the current owners installed clever hall storage when their kitchen was upgraded four years ago by the Danish Design company.
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Large interconnecting drawing and diningrooms are bright thanks to near full height dual- aspect original sash windows and and they have period fireplaces, one of which now houses a gas fire. New shelving has been installed throughout the house and it blends perfectly with the period features.
To the rear of the ground floor is a modern, galley- shaped kitchen, with Silestone countertops and integrated Siemens and Miele appliances. A Quooker provides boiling water on tap. At the garden end of the kitchen is a small breakfast area with built-in storage and access to the west-facing garden and limestone patio.
Upstairs, on the first return, what was originally a bedroom, now houses a large family bathroom with freestanding bath, rain shower and Fired Earth white ware. The room has been given a modern twist with metallic tiling.
On the first floor are three bedrooms with high ceilings, new carpets and large sash windows that make each one bright and airy.
On the second floor is the original attic room which is used as a fourth bedroom and now boasts an en suite.
Ranelagh is enjoying a surge in demand for housing: its proximity to the LUAS, schools and the village itself are all big attractions. Number 51 up the road, a 168sq m (1,808sq ft) house in six flats, in need of total refurbishment, is asking €650,000, and nearby a 150sq m (1,615sq ft) property at 57 Upper Beechwood Avenue is asking €1,150,000.
With just a few licks of paint here and there needed to revive it a little, number 18 is likely to attract considerable interest.
