With luxe fittings and a lushly planted secret garden, Windyridge Garden Centre owner Justin Harvey has delivered first-class finishes throughout.
Home renovation is all about seeing the potential in a space, just as Justin Harvey, owner of the award-winning Windyridge Garden Centre in Dun Laoghaire, had the vision to transform a 1980s house into a home with hotel-standard finishes.
Number 7 Stephen’s Lane is a home that emulates its bold colour play and luxe look of The Leinster Hotel’s Collins Bar.
Set along a secret stretch of Dublin 2 mews houses, it has the same hideaway feel that the bar has.
Its proximity means you could call the upmarket drinking den your local.
The properties along this road range in style from stone-fronted coach houses to 1970s pads.
Number 7 is a double-fronted 1980s upside-down red brick that has everything the modern city dweller wants.
The three-bedroom, two-bathroom property opens into a lattice parquet-floored hall where two of its three double bedrooms are.
These share a smart shower room, and there’s also a separate utility room, a valuable use of space that allows you to keep the rest of the residence clutter-free.
Upstairs, there is an open-plan kitchen cum living room.
Washed in sunlight through a roof light above the dining table, the eat-in kitchen features marine blue units, terracotta-coloured subway tiled splashback and a cobalt blue range cooker.
A round window offers views across the back lanes of this business district, just a street away from Georgian Merrion Square.
The lounge area has a wood-burning inset stove and opens out to a balcony that overlooks the back of the townhouses of Upper Mount Street.
From here, you can enjoy the well-planted garden below.
There is off-street parking for one car, accessed through the arch, and a shared driveway with the house next door.
The C2 Ber-rated house, which extends to 91 square metres, is seeking €875,000 through estate agents Hopkins Ward.
