Drayton Lodge is a four-bedroom semi-detached period home that you could be forgiven for having missed when it came to the market last year. Placed on the market quietly at the time, there was no major splash (no sign, no open views), because the self-contained two-bedroomed apartment at basement level was still in use.
Twelve months later, it’s making its good to go and making its presence known with an asking price of €1.75 million through Savills.
Apart from wanting to put your own decorative stamp on things, it’s in turnkey condition.
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The current owners, who bought the house in 1986, did a major refurbishment, restoring the boarded-up fireplaces, bringing in solid pitch pine floors from the UK and, later, building a bright sunroom on to the kitchen.
The main house is laid out on the two upper floors, and includes an elegant drawingroom, diningroom and familyroom on the ground floor, and four large bedrooms (two en suite) and a study upstairs.
Sunny kitchen It's a tall house, so there are lovely views across the treetops from the bedrooms. Semi-detached, Drayton Lodge is one of a set of four, said, in some quarters, to have been built for a family of sisters sometime in the early 19th century. The houses were complete by 1837, as they appear on the Monkstown map of that date.
Outside the sunny kitchen extension is a balcony, which leads down to a small garden wrapping around the house. Part of the original garden was sold off in the past for development.
Mature planting screens the house from the neighbours, and the remaining garden is laid out in decking, patio and grass, which leads around to a large off-street parking area at the front, secured by electric gates.
Basement apartment The basement apartment has a separate outside entrance, and can also be accessed internally. It has its own heating system and is metered independently for electricity. It would be ideal as a rental, as a surgery or treatment rooms, or as a flexible space for someone who wants to work from home and is looking for a bit more than just space for a desk and a chair.
Monkstown has a host of amenities nearby, and is a lovely seaside location on the Dart line into Dublin.
As a comparison, Number 54, across the road is smaller, with just three bedrooms, it is on the market also with Savills for €1.3 million.
