This compact double-fronted Victorian house is situated in the heart of Portobello with all its bars, restaurants, and waterside walks, quite literally on the doorstep.
You’ve probably walked past this house and never noticed it, for it’s on a busy stretch of the Grand Canal that links La Touche Bridge in Rathmines to Robert Emmet Bridge at Clanbrassil Street.
The double-fronted single-storey house is on the route between Bloomfield Avenue and Kingsland Parade, a few doors up from the intersection with the latter.
Address: 5 Portobello Road, Dublin 8, D08 W3P0
Asking price: €565,000
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Rathmines
It’s residential but buzzy.
The canal path has a constant flow of dog walkers, picnickers, and those looking for a shortcut through from Dublin 6 to Dublin 8.
Measuring 55 square metres, the two-bedroom, two-bathroom, C2 BER-rated property is small but charming.
It opens directly onto the street.
Off the hall at the front is a subway-tiled shower room to the right and a single bedroom to the left.
This one has a Murphy bed that folds down when you have guests and gives another room to use for storage as well as a possible home office.
At the back, overlooking the small yard, is the principal bedroom.
The living space is open plan with the breakfast bar in the kitchen bisecting the space. Overhead, there is a lantern-style rooflight bringing daylight into the middle of this single aspect space.
It’s a clever layout for a compact space.
The far side of the bar conceals a dining table that fits four and a two-seat sofa, coffee table, and sideboard, where there is also a workstation.
The outdoor space includes a small shed.
It is big enough to allow you to open the space up to the elements but maintain privacy, something that is welcome in the warming weather.
Parking in this part of Dublin 8 is on-street residential disc, and difficult to find a spot.
Italian eatery Lena is at the end of the street.
Outside the door is a waterway that stretches from Grand Canal Dock west all the way to Shannon Harbour in County Offaly on the River Shannon.
Agents Sherry FitzGerald Rathmines is seeking €564,000.
