Houses on the Nutleys — Nutley Avenue, Road and Lane — tend to be homes for life. The attraction is that houses in these areas tend to be spacious with good-size gardens coupled with excellent transport links to the city.
Add the proximity to St Vincent’s hospital, which is just across the road; the Blackrock Clinic a few minutes’ drive away, and private schools such as St Michael’s and Blackrock College within easy reach, and you can understand why the area is such a desirable place to live. For parents of college-going students, UCD is within walking distance, with other third-level institutions in the city a short bus ride away.
But for tennis players and golfers, having Elm Park Tennis and Golf Club across the road is the icing on the cake for the owners of 5 Nutley Road. If you walk out the cobblelock driveway, which has parking for at least four cars, and take a right you can be on the 15.7 hectares (39 acres) of picturesque parkland within minutes.
The semidetached, five-bedroom house on a quarter of an acre benefits from side access and is now on the market as an executor sale through estate agent DNG.
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Though full of light and in good condition, new owners will want to update and upgrade the house to realise its full potential.
The Government’s announcement in February of new grant supports for home energy upgrades to warmer more comfortable homes with lower energy bills, will allow increased grant levels of up to 50 per cent of the cost of a typical deep retrofit to a B2 standard. This may just suit new owners to address the low Ber of E1.
Though the reception rooms, which include living, dining and drawing rooms, are in excellent order, they too could benefit from upgrading, as would the galley-style kitchen.
The fact that the house lies on a tenth of a hectare (quarter of an acre) allows new owners huge scope to extend, though this will be subject to planning permission.
As it stands, the house is perfectly fine — though perhaps a bit chilly in winter — to reside in until building costs and waiting times for tradespeople stabilise.
The 251sq m (2,703sq ft) property also has huge scope to develop the rear garden further, and the fact that it has side access means it is all a straightforward affair. The property is on the market through DNG, seeking €1.6 million.
