An A1 BER-rated house with a garden of about the same size is almost unheard of in Stoneybatter, D7. This Phoenix Park adjacent two-bedroom, 84 square metre mews house is the rare exception.
Stonebatter is one of Dublin’s hottest neighbourhoods.
It attracts a really strong mix of creatives and entrepreneurs and offers street upon street of period residences to plump for.
But if you are not a fan of artisan-style buildings but still want to call the area home, then your options are limited.
Address: Mews House, 4 Jerome Connor Place, Infirmary Road, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7, D07ADW4
Asking price: €650,000
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Phibsborough
Mews sites have always offered interesting living options.
Often, the homes are on the sites of former coach houses to the big homes of Georgian and Victorian Dublin.
The lanes of Baggot, Leeson and Mount streets are filled with house styles that range from the 1960s through to completely contemporary builds.
.Mews are also quiet spots to live, have little through traffic, and feel far from the madding crowd.
This mews house is on Jerome Connor Place, a side street to the rear of North Circular Road (NCR) that opens onto Infirmary Road, about a three-minute walk from the NCR gates to the Phoenix Park.
It is named after a Kerry-born, self-taught sculptor who emigrated to the States as a teen, learned his craft, and whose best-known work is a bronze of Robert Emmet, which stands in St. Stephen’s Green.
The detached house A1 rated – the highest BER level that can be achieved, short of the property being a passive house.
It faces O’Sullivan Street at the front, where there is residents' disc parking.
It stands out due to the redbrick front, laid out in a hit-and-miss brick pattern.
Behind the brick façade is a separate bin and bike storage, both ongoing issues for residents in many of the older terraced houses in the quarter.
You walk past these into a hall where there is a guest w.c., cloakroom, more storage in the plant room and the stairs.
It allows you to remove coats and outdoor shoes and generally shake off the day before you enter the house proper.
Beyond this is the large open-plan kitchen cum living room, which opens out to the garden and has further daylight from overhead roof lights.
The white kitchen is to the left and has a narrow island that can still comfortably seat three for breakfast.
There is room for a dining table that can seat six to the right, and beyond is a living room with space for a two-seater couch and a pair of armchairs.
The real surprise here is the size of the private and sheltered garden that the double doors open out to.
It is much more than a city garden. Laid out in lawn, the private space extends to over 87 square metres.
That is larger than the house itself. It extends to 84 square metres.
While north-west facing, it is big enough to get sun in various parts during the day.
Upstairs, there are two fine double bedrooms, both of which have stylish en-suite bathrooms.
Agents Sherry FitzGerald is seeking €650,000 for the two-bedroom, detached property.
