Donnybrook four-bed needs to be refurbished

Dublin 4/€950,000: Jackson-Stops is suggesting a guide price of €950,000 for 23 Marlborough Road in Donnybrook, Dublin 4, a …

Dublin 4/€950,000: Jackson-Stops is suggesting a guide price of €950,000 for 23 Marlborough Road in Donnybrook, Dublin 4, a terraced two-storey house with a west facing garden and a double garage to the rear.

The four-bedroom house, which is in need of refurbishment goes to auction on April 7th.

Number 23 is set back from the road, with a railed garden in front. Inside it is laid out in flats but new owners are likely to refurbish it is a single dwelling.

At 187 sq m (2,000 sq ft) it will make a spacious family home with some scope to extend subject the necessary planning permission.

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The original drawingroom has been carved into two bedrooms. The ground floor also has a diningroom, a kitchen, shower room, utility room and a small additional bedroom.

Upstairs, there are four further bedrooms, one with an en suite shower room and a separate bathroom.

While there is a good deal of work to be done, the house has kept many of its original features including fireplaces and decorative cornicework.

Orna Mulcahy

Orna Mulcahy

Orna Mulcahy, a former Irish Times journalist, was Home & Design, Magazine and property editor, among other roles