An A-rated three-bed semi in Dublin 7 or a C-rated two-bedroom terraced house in Dublin 8? Dublin's coolest neighbourhoods offer choices for potential buyers
Five years ago, Time Out magazine listed Phibsboro as one of the coolest neighbourhoods on the planet.
Formerly flatland, it offers a wide range of housing stock from affordable cottages in off Dorset Street to the trophy homes of the North Circular Road and Rathdown Road.
Bounded by the Royal Canal to the north and the fire station to the south, the Luas has transformed the borough, which sits high above the rest of the city.
Other highlights include Fizzfest, a community and arts festival, and it being home to Dalymount Park and Bohemian Football Club, Bohs, one of the city’s greatest sports spaces.
Four years ago, Time Out listed Dublin 8 in its annual index. Blackpitts is part of this historic area and is said to have earned its evocative name from the vats of tannic acid used by leather tanners to soak the animal hides.
It was home to numerous breweries and then went on to develop a reputation as one of the worst slums in the city.
Fast forward a couple of centuries, and this secret area off Clanbrassil Street is now home to some of the capital’s hippest spots, including The Fumbally, Hen’s Teeth and Teeling’s Whiskey distillery.
It’s also one of the first and only places in the capital where former warehouses were converted into apartments.
Here are two well-turned houses to consider:
Dublin 7
Address: 14 Villa Bank, Phibsboro, Dublin 7, D07T0V8
Asking price: €595,000 Price per square metre: €7,000
Estate agent: DNG
This three-bedroom, one-bathroom semi-detached house is in a quiet neighbourhood just off Phibsboro’s main drag. It has been remodelled and now boasts an A2 Ber rating.
Measuring 85 square metres, it has been painted in jewel tones and has an interconnecting ground floor.
It’s a living room, which overlooks a green, leads through to the dining room and on into the kitchen, which has sapphire-coloured units.
Upstairs, there are two doubles and a shower room.
The Royal Canal is at the end of the street, and there is stepped pedestrian access from Cross Guns Bridge, where there is a linear park. It also has valuable off-street parking.
Behind the green across the street is one of the boundary walls to the Montjoy Prison complex.
Dublin 8
Address: 9 Warrenmount Place, Blackpitts, Dublin 8, D08C8Y8
Asking price: €550,000 Price per square metre: €9,322
Agent: Mullery O’Gara
This two-up, two-down brick-fronted terrace house is a quiet cul-de-sac just off Blackpitts.
The two-bedroom, one bathroom, C3 Ber-rated property been tastefully upgraded and opens into the living room where there are polished timber floors, pale walls with original features, such as the cast iron fireplace surround picked in black.
The stairs lead up from here to the first floor.
The eat-in kitchen is to the back.
Its units are set out in a galley style, and it benefits from lots of natural light thanks to the glass double doors opening out to the small, enclosed courtyard.
Extending to 59 square meters, the property’s only bathroom, a smartly appointed shower space, is on this level.
Upstairs, there are two double bedrooms.
