Sherry FitzGerald expects bids in excess of £450,000 for a stylishly renovated four-bedroom house at 1 Wynnsward Park, in Clonskeagh, Dublin 14. The semi-detached redbrick is the first house in a cul-de-sac off Clonskeagh Road, beyond Richview Office Park and a stone's throw from UCD. Originally a corner site, the current owners have built a new house in the part of the garden that fronts on to Clonskeagh Road and a new wall divides the two properties.
The division was carefully planned to allow a good portion of garden with the original house, while the new house blends in well with the existing homes on Clonskeagh Road.
Number 1, which has just over 1,800 sq. ft, is in walk-in condition, which should add considerably to its appeal.
It has nicely proportioned reception rooms and a particularly good kitchen-cum-dining-room with a Waterford Stanley cooker, which also runs the central heating.
One of the nicest features of the house is its spacious and almost square hall where there is plenty of room for furniture. The owners have a piano here and the area could double as a reception room for parties.
To the right are interconnecting reception rooms that are richly decorated with sponge effect terracotta walls.
The living-room to the front has a wide bay window and a timber surround fireplace while the formal dining-room has a large cast-iron fireplace, and double doors leading to a playroom-cum-office that runs along the back of the house.
The kitchen runs from front to back of the house and is a nice bright room thanks to the row of windows in one wall. The kitchen area has a very good range of Italian walnut floor and wall units, including a high island that separates it from the long dining area. French doors lead to the garden and there is further access to the garden from the playroom/office that opens directly from the kitchen and offers further storage in a large walk-in cupboard.
The back garden is mostly in lawn and has a free-standing tree house in one corner.
Two outbuildings, a laundry room and a long shed, have been re-roofed and offer plenty of potential. They could be knocked together to make a home-office with the side door to the garden offering separate access to the front parking area.
Upstairs, the four bedrooms and family bathroom lead off a spacious landing that is painted the same damson colour as the hall below.
This colour is also used in the smallest of the bedrooms, which overlooks the front garden.
The remaining three bedrooms are all doubles, and one, a children's room at the back of the house, has particularly good fitted wardrobes running all along one wall.
