Handsome hideaway in Limerick gets completely new look

RE-WIRED, re-plumbed and renovated over the last five years, Árd na Gréine, at Ashbourne Avenue on Limerick’s South Circular Road is up for auction on November 26 through Gillian Dunne of Sherry FitzGerald.

She describes it as a handsome 1960s house which is hidden away from the public road at the end of a long private driveway.

Best of all, it has a site of a third of an acre and gardens to the rear which are private and not overlooked: these are bounded by an old stone wall.

“It’s difficult to imagine a more entrancing property from its ideal city fringe location to its unrivalled tranquil setting,” Ms Dunne says.

While it has four bedrooms and a footprint in excess of 1,300 square feet, the house has a great layout for an extension, the agent adds, and would repay the investment handsomely.

While it comes in good condition and is ready for occupation, it’s likely new owners will want to invest further, says Ms Dunne, either in an extension or just a gradual overhaul.

Right now, it comes with a large entrance hall, a living room with access through to a dining room and a kitchen/breakfast room on the ground floor. Overhead are three double bedrooms, a bathroom and a single bedroom which is used as a study.

Price guide given prior to auction is in the region of €480,000.