Sandymount/€950,000: Sandymount is one of those blue chip locations that families aspire to move to, hence anything that comes on the market attracts strong interest. Coming up for auction on March 25th with Sherry FitzGerald and guiding €950,000, number 25 Gilford Park neatly fits the bill.
The 148 sq m (1,600 sq ft) semi-detached house is in walk-in condition, with three good bedrooms and a playroom in the converted garage. Originally a four-bedroom property, the owners have turned a small box bedroom into a smart en suite bathroom off the main bedroom.
Number 25 sits on a large corner site with a south-west facing side garden which, like many on the avenue, would easily take a two-storey extension.
Gilford houses have a distinctive period character, with their arched redbrick porches, double bay windows and pebble-dashed upper level. As usual with houses of this vintage, the gardens are generous and mature.
The entrance hall opens to a front sittingroom which extends into the bay window. Deep cornicing with picture rails throughout the house are notable features. The lovely pre-war tiled fireplace is a fine example of its era.
Sliding doors link with the diningroom, also with an original tile fireplace and with doors opening to the garden. Another sittingroom has stripped pine flooring and a pine and cast-iron fireplace. A door opens from here to the kitchen, which also accesses the back garden.
The garage has been converted to a timber-floored playroom with a door to the side garden. Upstairs, the floor of main bedroom has been sanded and polished and wardrobes installed. The adjoining en suite shower room is spacious, with a marble vanity unit and step-in power shower.
A large front bedroom has the benefit of the bow window. Bedroom three has pine wardrobes and a sanded floor.
The good-sized front garden provides off-street parking. Although triangular in shape, the gardens are typically large, with a good expanse of south-westerly lawn to the side. The back garden is a modest patch at the apex of the triangle.
