An A-rated apartment with a demi-lune window onto Dun Laoghaire’s Marine Road, where you can people-watch all the action below.
Dun Laoghaire’s town centre is a vibrant mix of independent shops, chains, cafes and places to pause.
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Council has installed street furniture all the way down George’s Street, its main shopping thoroughfare, that gets used by everyone, from the local characters to day-tripping tourists.
They pause, perhaps drink a coffee or catch up with friends or neighbours and soak up the morning sun on the street’s seaward side.
It brings life to the place. The council has also supported living over the shop schemes, resulting in many people living above the retail units.
This brings life to the town after 6 pm.
It’s also an easy place to live. In addition to the harbour views and the piers to walk, there’s a supermarket and cinema literally down the street.
Address: Apt 3, 5A George's Street Upper, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, A96 PX3N
Asking price: €495,000 (€7,388 per m²)
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Dun Laoghaire
The apartments at 5A George’s Street Upper are one such successful project.
Comprising just three units, number 3 is on the top floor and boasts a beguiling feature, a demi-lune window that looks down Marine Road all the way to the harbour and bay beyond.
It makes its open-plan living room an utterly captivating space to spend time in.
The window is what greets you when you walk into the room. It frames St Michael's Church, the courthouse clock tower, a corner of the shopping centre and the stretch of blue below at the foot of the hill.
The spire of the original Neo-Gothic church by JJ McCarthy was all that was salvaged when it burned to the ground in 1965.
It was incorporated into the modernist replacement in 1973, designed by McKenna, with Sean Rothery and Naois O’Dowd.
You can see the bronze sculpture of St Michael defeating the dragon, the church doors and handles, all bronze, which are the work of Imogen Stuart, influenced by the Book of Kells.
Inside its slender screens and clerestory windows, the works of Cork-based Murphy Devitt Studios are also worth a look.
The two-bedroom, one-bathroom property has an eat-in kitchen area to the right with the seating area on the left.
There’s also a sizeable storage cupboard.
The bedrooms are at the back of the apartment.
Both are doubles and have access to a west-facing balcony that gets afternoon and evening sun.
The main entrance to the apartments, which were converted in 2020, is via George’s Street. The block is a walk-up. There is no lift.
There is also a rear entrance onto Cantwell Lane, which opens onto Patrick Street.
It has a communal lock-up storage unit where there is space to store a bike.
The unit doesn’t come with parking.
There are numerous bus lines accessible from Marine Road, while the Dart station is at the end of the street.
Agents Sherry FitzGerald is seeking €495,000 for the A3 BER-rated residence, which extends to 67 square metres.
