Dublin 6/€1.55m: Recently refurbished, 2 Leicester Avenue in Rathgar, Dublin 6, is just off Rathgar Road beside the Church of the Three Patrons and adjacent to Kenilworth Square. Sherry FitzGerald will auction it on March 9th with an advised minimum value (AMV) of €1.55 million.
The 181sq m (1,950sq ft) mid-terrace property has a painted, rendered exterior. There are four bedrooms, two of which have small en suite shower rooms, and an attic room, also with an en suite.
The current owner bought this house in relatively poor condition one year ago and since then has upgraded it with resale in mind. Given its location (and multiple bathrooms) it will obviously appeal to a family with teenage children.
A path running through the small front garden - partly gravelled and with flower borders - leads to the front door. The entrance hall has all the usual features, including covings, a fanlight and polished timber floorboards. There is an understairs toilet and, to the left of the hall, a diningroom, currently used as an office. To the rear is the drawingroom, which overlooks the garden and is the larger of the two rooms: it has a marble chimneypiece and timber flooring.
New owners might consider breaking through the dividing wall and installing folding doors to create interconnecting reception rooms.
At the back of the house is the kitchen, which one passes through to reach the breakfast or family room housed in a bright new extension. The kitchen is fitted with cream units, colourful tiles, wooden worktops, a Belfast sink and plenty of top-end appliances: Siemens this and Cuisina that.
The extension has a vaulted roof with Velux windows and an oak floor. Double doors open onto a deck that wraps around the house to the rear; a curved path leads through the garden to a gate in the back wall of fencing.
In turn, this leads to a narrow lane that provides pedestrian access to Garville Lane. The small garden is attractive, private and south-facing.
Upstairs, on the first floor return, is a double bedroom with plenty of built-in wardrobes. Next to this is the family bathroom. On the first floor there are two bedrooms with en suites clad in Travertine tiles.
Another room, perhaps best used as a study, has an open staircase leading to the attic conversion where the fourth bedroom also has an en suite shower room.
Other details to note include recessed lighting throughout, phone and television points in all rooms, pump showers, a high-spec heating system and double glazed wood sash windows. Residential disk parking is available on the street.
