Solid homes in Dublin at the upper end of the market, and a substantial Waterford house are all open for business this weekend, writes EDEL MORGAN
Three years ago, Alverstoke on Bray Road, Foxrock, Co Dublin was withdrawn from auction at €3.15 million. Lisney is now asking €1.15 million for the four-bed arts and crafts style house on half an acre. With some impressive interior detail, such as panelled walls and original fireplaces, it has a drawing room, dining room, sitting room, kitchen/breakfastroom, utility, conservatory and shower room.
Other rooms include a family room and a study that can be used as a guest bedroom.
On view Saturday 2-3.30pm.
Well cared for but in need of modernisation, 164 Castle Avenue in Clontarf, Dublin 3 has the bonus of an 80ft (24m) rear garden. Douglas Newman Good is asking €580,000 for the four-bedroom house which has a drawing room with coving and a bay window, a dining room, breakfastroom, kitchen and a shower room as well as a family bathroom with the original cast-iron bath. The private rear garden is easterly and planted with mature hedges and shrubbery and cherry blossom trees.
On view Saturday, 1.30-2.30pm
In Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, Ardilea is a scheme detached homes built in the 1970s where the various cul de sacs are called after universities. Number 15 Yale is a spacious redbrick with 204 sq m (2,200sq ft) of stylishly reburbished space. It has a living room, formal dining room, family room, kitchen, two en suite bedrooms and a family bathroom. Sherry FitzGerald is asking €925,000.
On view Saturday 1-2pm
16 Frascati Park, off Mount Merrion Avenue in Blackrock, is a 1920s four-bed semi asking €795,000 through Savills. It has 157sq m (1,690 sq ft) of living space and off-street parking for . Reception rooms include a living room and a dining room, both with walnut floors, and a kitchen breakfastroom. There’s also a utility and study, and a family bathroom with a cast-iron bath. The main bedroom is en suite.
On view Saturday noon-12.30pm
In Waterford, a spacious family house with a garage, 8 Grange Cove on the Dunmore Road, is asking €390,000. O’Shea O’Toole Partners is the selling agent. The four-bed detached house has a sitting room with a bay window, a conservatory, a pine fitted kitchen and a utility room. Upstairs, the main bedroom is en suite. The partly floored attic has as drop down Stira ladder. A well-maintained garden with lawns, mature trees, shrubs, rockeries and flowers .
On View Saturday noon-1pm
