Spacious Bishopstown home primed for take-off

PROPERTIES in Bishopstown are always in demand and good, trading-up properties like this one in the Dunville Estate on the Waterfall Road, are scarce.

On the market with the new firm of Jeremy Murphy and Associates, ‘Brookline’, at 6, Dunville Crescent, is a big house on an equally impressive site and it carries a guide price of €550,000.

“It’s on a corner site with a southerly aspect and it’s out on its own on the Waterfall Road with a separate entrance. It’s in very good condition and a buyer can move in straightaway,” said Jeremy Murphy.

On an extra-large, corner site, there’s huge potential here, he adds, and the house could easily be added to, although it already has four bedrooms and a spacious living room.

There are some original touches, such as the half-moon, tiled fireplace, replicated in the curve of the archway between the dining and living rooms. The open-plan layout means there is light from back to front and space for entertaining. There’s a separate family room, and a kitchen with built-in units and a door to the converted garage.

Overhead, there are four decent bedrooms, with built-ins in three and a main bathroom.

New owners are likely to tinker with the layout to add an

en suite and perhaps a utility room, while the main hallway has a roomy understairs cupboard, which could provide space for a guest bathroom.

There has been serious interest already, says Mr Murphy, and he expects a bid of the asking price shortly. With gas-fired heating, cobble-lock driveway and all that space, that bottom line is bound to be exceeded.