Both Stoneybatter and Smithfield are on the city side of Dublin 7 and have similar house stock types. These two homes are in walk-in condition.
It's a postcode that locals and newbies alike love, and it offers many terraced two-bedroom home options.
This pair come to market in pristine condition.
Stoneybatter's quiet side
Address: 4 Sitric Road, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7, D07XE0X
Asking price: €520,000
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Phibsborough
Situated in a quiet enclave of terraced brick houses off Arbour Hill, this is a quiet residential corner of Stonebatter, just off its main drag.
The houses all have good ceiling heights, but are on the compact side.
The owners of number 4 Sitric Road have used every square centimetre of space to create a well-laid-out home.
Four years ago, they installed new exterior doors and windows, opting for a front door with a glazed panel to bring in additional light.
The wall between the hall and front lounge has been removed to open up this space.
Now, a console table is used to divide the entrance area from the seating area. It’s a clever way to make a small room feel much more spacious.
This leads through to the dining room, really more of a dining/sitting hybrid, where there is a cast iron chimney surround, room for a table for two that can set four comfortably and the stairs up to the accommodation.
The kitchen is galley style with timber countertops and is finished in a dark anthracite grey.
The property’s only bathroom is to its rear.
It has an optical illusion floor. The graphic tiled floor continues up the side of the bath.
There is a back door out to a small courtyard that is concreted over. It has a south-west facing aspect.
Upstairs, there are two double bedrooms. The principal is at the front and has timber-lined alcoves on either side of the bed.
The second is set up as a home office.
The D2 BER-rated house measures 64 square metres.
Luas on the doorstep
Address: 70 Chancery Street, Dublin 7, D07RK50
Asking price: €525,000
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald city centre
One block in from the north quays, up the street from the Four Courts, is a contemporarised buff brick house with a south-facing garden that backs onto Ormond Square.
The house opens directly into the living room, where underfoot is a chevron-patterned parquet that runs throughout the ground floor.
The property has been extended, and this floor now has a broken plan layout.
The living room is at the front with the stairs now running up through the centre of the house, where the property’s only bathroom also is.
There are built-in bookcases on either side of the chimney breast where a stove has been set into the fireplace.
The exposed brick of the fireplace is now a feature.
A rooflight brings light into the centre of the house, where the original boundary could have been.
The kitchen is a bright eat-in space, with another rooflight washing it in southerly light.
Its units are set in an L-shape along two adjoining walls. The lack of above-counter cabinetry contributes to the airy feeling here.
A door opens out to the gravelled back, where there is a utility in the garden room.
The D1 BER-rated residence extends to 78 square metres.
There is resident's disc parking on-street, and the Luas red line runs along the street. The Four Courts stop is about 100 metres away from the house.
