Woodview, Gordon Avenue £850,000
Built in the 1930s, Woodview on Gordon Avenue, Foxrock is a creeper-clad detached house sitting on one third of an acre of beautifully landscaped and manicured gardens.
This is its second time to come on the market in two years. It sold at auction in May 1999 for £885,000 - a figure £200,000 over the guide price. The house is to be auctioned again on May 16th, and this time agents Daphne L Kaye & Associates are quoting a guide price of £850,000 (€1.07m).
The similarity between the 1999 sale price and the current guide is surprising, but would seem to be a clear example of the agents pitching the guide on the low side.
The interior of this four-bedroom Tudor-style house has been refurbished to include both modern and period-style detail. Calm neutral colours and pared-down elegance are hallmarks of the overall look.
The wide central hall has oak flooring and recessed lighting, features that run through most of the rest of this 2,125 sq ft house. To the right of the hall is a study with fitted bookshelves. The diningroom on the opposite side of the hall has a period look with a ceiling centre rose and Adams-inspired fireplace. The guest toilet is a pretty floral dadoed room and has a marble top vanity unit.
Floodlit by an atrium-style roof, the rear hall leads to the largest reception room, the drawingroom - which has a marble fireplace with a slate and brass surround. Expansive patio doors overlook an immaculate rear garden which has intermittent rockery detail, a timber summer house and a large garage.
The kitchen/breakfastroom has a quarry-flagged floor, an extensive range of oak kitchen units with granite worktops and a Belfast-style double sink. Various appliances are included in the sale. A large utility room has a lot of storage space and is plumbed for a washing machine. One of the double bedrooms is downstairs, while the rest are on the upper floor.
An archway on the landing leads to the main bedroom, which is dual aspect and has a cast-iron fireplace and a connecting walk-in dressingroom. The en suite bathroom has a cream mosaic tiled floor with central leaf detail and a heated towel rail.
The shower room has half tiled walls, a mosaic floor, a large old-style sink and a granite-top window sill.
3 Kilteragh Pines
Number 3 Kilteragh Pines, Foxrock is one of six houses on the site of a mansion built by agricultural reformer and MP Sir Horace Plunkett in 1903, where Ireland's early 20th century socialites, politicians and writers gathered.
When Kilteragh burned down in 1923, it was rebuilt in the original rambling Edwardian style, with a roofline of gables and towers - but divided into six separate residences.
At 3,200 sq ft, number 3 is a very large family home. The current owners have lived there for 27 years, but plan to scale down now that their family have left home.
The house is on the market through Jackson Stops for £675,000 (€857,250). The auction is on May 17th.
Situated on a circular driveway in the leafy enclave of Kilteragh Pines, which is also dotted with more modern US-style flat-roofed houses, number 3 comprises the major part of the central block of Kilteragh House and has five bedrooms.
The reception hall is wide enough to be a room in itself and has a panelled ceiling and polished original floorboards - which feature throughout most of the house.
Double-glazed doors lead to the large drawingroom which has an imposing chimney-piece set in an arched alcove with tiled surround.
French doors open on to the landscaped 84 ft private sheltered garden which has a hedged side garden. To the rear of this is a magnificent communal Italian garden with yew hedges and a central sun dial. Marquees have been erected there for the weddings of several residents over the years.
A spacious sittingroom has the advantage of a panel of high windows with deep sills overlooking the rear garden.
It also has built-in bookshelves and a mahogany-mantel fireplace with stone and slate inset.
The guest bathroom features the original sink. The kitchen/breakfastroom has ash storage cupboards installed in the 1980s, a double sink, a terracotta tiled floor and pine ceiling with spotlights.
The utility room has a skylight, walk-in tool cupboard and side-door access to the front driveway.
Upstairs, the main landing has a vaulted ceiling and leads to a long crimson corridor. The main bedroom overlooks the back garden and has extensive wardrobe space and an en suite shower room. There are two more double bedrooms and two singles, one of which is currently used as a study. The adjoining bathroom and toilet are slate grey, with cork-tiled floors.
The service charge for Kilteragh Pines is £1,000 (€1,270) per annum.
