On view this weekend

Big houses in D4, D15 and Wicklow coming back to the market with big price cuts are some on view this weekend

Big houses in D4, D15 and Wicklow coming back to the market with big price cuts are some on view this weekend

-ONE OF the tall period houses on Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, number 44, has had its price cut from €2.5 million to €1.8 million. The four-storey house, which looks down Wellington Road at the front, has 305sq m (3,282sq ft) of living space, and has been renovated in recent years. There are two elegant reception rooms, four en suite bedrooms, a gym, office, family room and a large kitchen. Parking is on-street and there is a walled back garden to the rear.
On view Saturday, noon to 1pm

-IN CASTLEKNOCK, a large detached house, The Ridings, on Castleknock Road that attracted a bid of €3.6 million last year but was withdrawn from auction is now back on the market – at €2.85 million through local agent Flynn Associates. Just outside the gates of the Phoenix Park, the house stands on 0.45 of an acre. It's an attractive five-bedroom house with great entertaining space and easy access to the back lawn. Unusually, there is full planning permission to demolish the house and replace it with a 669sq m (7,201sq ft) home.
On view Saturday, 3pm-4pm

-IN RANELAGH one of the neat terraced houses on Cherryfield Avenue – a cul-de-sac off Sandford Road – has come on the market through Sherry FitzGerald asking €775,000.

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Number 42 has 96sq m (1,040sq ft) in a traditional layout with two interconnecting reception rooms and a kitchen with access to the 25ft walled back garden. The family bathroom and a single bedroom is on the return with two double bedrooms on the first floor, both with original fireplaces.
On view Saturday, 1pm-2pm

-A PRICE cut of over 43 per cent makes a large modern house on 14 acres in west Wicklow look like value. Granamore, Valleymount, near Blessington, is a seven-bedroom house that had been on the market through Jordan Town Country Estate Agents at €1.5 million. It has now been reduced to €850,000.

Built in 2002, the 418sq m (4,500sq ft) house has three reception rooms, four bedrooms and a big light-filled kitchen.

The property has land running down to the Kings River, and great views over the surrounding wooded countryside.
On view Saturday 1pm-2pm

-A TERRACED villa-style house at 2 Pleasant Street in Dublin 8 has just come on the market through Allen Jacobs at €795,000. The three-bedroom house has been made over in a cool minimalist style. The 127sq m (1,367sq ft) house has a livingroom, diningroom, kitchen/breakfastroom, three bedrooms, one of which is en suite, and a wetroom.
On view Saturday, 11am-noon

-In Howth, a pretty detached house on 0.4 acres backing onto protected special amenity land has been reduced in price by Property Team JB Kelly. Limara, on Thornamby Road, was €1.2 million, but the spacious four-bed is now €895,000. At the end of a long driveway, the single storey house has 151sq m (1,625sq ft) of living space.
On view Saturday, noon-1pm

Orna Mulcahy

Orna Mulcahy

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