There's a great choice to view for those trading up: from a mini-mansion in Wicklow to solid homes in the suburbs, writes ORNA MULCAHY, Property Editor
NEW TO the market in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow is Knockbawn House, a modern home with six bedrooms on 12 acres of land located close to Powerscourt Waterfall. The property, which includes several outbuildings, is for sale through Gordon Lennox of Lennox Estates at €2.45 million. Knockbawn House is a large-scale, split level home of around 577sq m (6,219sq ft) that comes with some lofted stone outbuildings including a 175sq m (1,883sq ft) games room. The house makes the most of the valley views with large bay windows to its principal rooms looking out towards the Sugar Loaf and the sea. Features include a room-sized hallway with its own fireplace and a dramatic staircase leading to a gallery landing.
There’s a large drawingroom, a formal diningroom and a custom-made kitchen with a walk-in pantry that itself is bigger than most kitchens. There is also a study and a family room.
All of the bedrooms have en suite bath or shower-rooms. At the top of the house is a very large attic room with its own balcony.
On view Saturday, 2pm-4pm
IN MOUNT MERRION, Lisney reports strong interest in 18 Sycamore Crescent, a house needing total refurbishment that has its first open viewing this weekend. Selling agent Robert Lawson is asking €800,000 for the semi located on a quiet road that runs between Stillorgan Road and The Rise and has the advantage of being close to the neighbourhood shops. A prime trade-up property, it’s a four-bedroom home with many of its original feautures intact and the bonus of a 140ft garden with a sunny orientation. The bay-windowed house has 129sq m (1,386sq ft) including the integral garage, but there is plenty of scope to extend to the side and at the back, as neighbours have done.
On view Saturday, 2pm-3.30pm
NEW TO THE market in Booterstown is 43 Seafield Crescent, off Trimleston Road, a neat three-bedroom semi in need of some updating that has come on the market through Savills, asking €495,000. The house has around 93sq m (1,001sq ft) of space, with a large livingroom at the front of the house and a separate eat-in kitchen overlooking the back garden which is long and narrow.
A driveway at the side of the house leads to a separate garage.
On view Saturday noon-1pm
NEW TO THE market in Terenure, Dublin 6W is a refurbished three-bedroom house at 3 Fortfield Road, asking €520,000. It is for sale with Sherry FitzGerald. Extended to 139sq m (1,496sq ft), the house has plenty of room on the ground floor with interconnecting reception rooms, a good-sized kitchen and, leading off it, a large family room with French doors to the garden and Velux windows set into the roof.
There is off-street parking to the front of the house, a garage and a small back garden.
On view Saturday, 2pm-3pm
IN RATHMINES, Felicity Fox is asking €495,000 for 28 Charleville Close, Dublin 6, a two-bed house with an interesting open-plan layout and a converted attic adding up to around 87sq m (930sq ft). There is off-street parking and a good-sized back garden.
On view Saturday, 1pm-2pm
