Ferrard Road is one of the lesser known roads off Terenure Road East, between Rathgar and Terenure villages, and that’s possibly because it’s a cul-de-sac and so, typically, only residents or visitors to the nine houses on the street have reason to drive down.
The quiet road was developed in the late 1930s – much later than the Victorian-built Brighton and Heathfield Roads on either side of Ferrard Road – and number 7 is typical of Stringer-built suburban houses which were designed for families, with good gardens. The five-bedroom, four-reception room, 288sq m (3,100sq ft) house is for sale by Sherry FitzGerald for €1,695,000.
The family who live here now, bought in 2002. The house had been well cared for but was in need of complete modernisation. They did it in stages so that it all now feels freshly done – new owners won’t have to do a thing – and as well as renovating and decorating throughout, they extended up – converting the attic into a large bright room and an office area – and to the side.
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The semi-detached house is at the end of the cul-de-sac and, like its neighbour, it was built with a pebble-dashed garage and workroom to the side. This was redesigned so that it now has a room and small bathroom to the front – ideal for an au pair or as a private granny flat – and a large family room at the back which opens out onto the garden.
A garage is accessed from the utility area.
With five bedrooms and four reception rooms, number 7 is a big house but new owners could well consider the single- storey side extension as being ripe for further development.
The house is double-fronted so there are reception rooms on either side of the hall, a smaller livingroom on the left and two interconnecting rooms on the right, one a livingroom, the other a formal diningroom with French doors opening out onto the back garden.
The kitchen, a spacious, square-shaped room with a picture window and double doors to the garden, is fitted with smart painted timber units, an island and an Aga.
It opens into that bright family room with its mostly glazed roof and there is a utility area – so the flow of the house is very family friendly.
Upstairs, there are four bedrooms – the largest has a bathroom en suite – as well as a family bathroom. A new flight of stairs leads up to the converted attic which is used as a double bedroom.
The very large front garden has been gravelled over and there is parking for several cars. The back garden is not as large, being much wider than it is long.
