This villa-style two-bedroom property in Phibsborough near The Basin in the northside’s Ranelagh is ideal for those looking to rent a room and earn tax-free income, or for two friends or siblings to buy together.
Some consider Phibsborough the Ranelagh of Dublin’s northside, thanks to its similar red-brick housing stock and proximity to the city centre, but it's part of Dublin 7 and has its own personality.
It’s an area of the city that has grown generations of residents who started adult life here in flats and simply never left. Layer this atop the locals already in situ, and you get a real neighbourhood feel.
Address: 35 Geraldine Street, Phibsborough, Dublin 7, D07 Y7T8
Asking price: €695,000
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Phibsborough
It is home to one of the capital’s most storied football clubs, Bohs, and to its home ground. Mountjoy Jail and the Royal Canal, both immortalised in song and verse, are also in the hood.
The addition of the TU campus at Grangegorman, the extension of the Luas green line and Phizzfest, the annual arts event that celebrates the quarter, have all cemented its standing. As have recent bar and restaurant openings, such as Italian osteria Borgo.
Phibsborough also offers buyers a wide range of housing stock and price ranges.
One area of the neighbourhood that garners a lot of attention is the warren of villa-style homes on the streets that border The Basin, a reservoir that is now a public park with a large water feature and fountain at its centre.
Houses on one side of Geraldine Street, for example, back onto this feature.
Buyers pay a premium for that partial view from their upper floor, although the homes appear to be single-storey from the front.
Staged for sale and in walk-in condition, number 35 is on the opposite side of the street.
With a small railed front garden, the two-bedroom house extends to 85 square metres and opens into a long hall with good ceiling heights, a feature of this villa-style property.
These houses have a flexible layout. In this instance, the living room is at the front where it enjoys a southern aspect.
There is a bedroom at the back overlooking the small garden that is served by a shower room, accessed from the hall.
Stepping down a level takes you into the light-filled breakfast room which opens out to the small, low-maintenance garden.
The galley kitchen is beyond it. It features a checkerboard tiled floor and a corner window. This leads through to a utility room that also opens to the garden, which wraps around this part of the property.
The principal bedroom, which is en suite, is upstairs, making this property a really interesting option for those looking to rent a room or to buy with a friend or family member.
Each housemate has access to their own bathroom, with accommodation on different levels, giving each a good degree of privacy.
Co-habitation arrangements are further helped by the fact that the house has a separate living room and kitchen.
Agents Sherry FitzGerald Phibsborough is seeking €695,000 for the E BER-rated residence.
