Future bright for grand Glenart

This spacious family home has looks and location, says Tommy Barker

Sat, 21 Apr, 2018 - 01:00

This spacious family home has looks and location, says Tommy Barker

As a spacious detached property situated on the ever sought after North Circular Road in Limerick, Glenart is set to attract viewers attention with its looks and its location. Built in the 1940s it has a double bay window, a balcony and some mock Tudor style gable frontage on the outside and high ceilinged rooms with cornicing and many original features on the inside.

Seeking offers of €525,000, Brenda Mulcahy of Sherry FitzGerald Limerick says it’s a fine property with good space and mature well planted gardens. The residential attractiveness of its North Circular Road can be seen from the high priced sales there last year – Kilcornan sold for €2.3 million, Gleneagles for €1.11 million and Mazel for €560,000. Recently, Sherry FitzGerald also went sale agreed on Moyarta, a larger detached house on half an acre which had been on the market with a guide of €850.000.

Glenart, one of a row offour properties with mock Tudor frontage, is a four bed house with 1,900 sq ft of living space.

It shows all the signs of being a well cared for family home but the F energy rating is an indication that upgrading will be required.

As is typical of a detached house of its era, it has an wide front hallway with polished parquet flooring. This leads though to an elegant front sitting room, which has a high ceiling with coving, picture rails on the walls as well as a fireplace and a large pelmeted bay window.

To the rear is a formal dining room cum TV/family room as well as a kitchen with pine units, a guest WC and a small study overlooking the back garden.

The first floor has a bathroom and four bedrooms including one with a bay window and one with a balcony at the front with views out on to the North Circular Road surrounds Glenart has a driveway and a garden area at the front and a detached garage at the rear with matching mock Tudor decoration. Outside the kitchen is a south facing patio and a graveled area and a path leading down a well planted garden with mature trees, flowers and shrubs and a long lawned area.

It’s likely that a new owner will want to upgrade, extend and introduce modern features such as en suite bathrooms. Ms Mulcahy points out that there is excellent space for expansion at the rear and says Glenart offers wonderful potential. One of the reasons North Circular Road is so popular is its proximity to the city centre as well as local schools, restaurants and sporting facilities.

VERDICT: some judicious upgrading will make this a fine family home for the 21st century