Kilmainham boujie home reno with room for everyone and a private and stepped garden, to take advantage of its southerly aspect.
Cultured and convenient, Kilmainham was voted the 15th coolest neighbourhood in 2021 by Time Out, ahead of Sydney and Amsterdam.
Set on an elevated site on the southern side of Old Kilmainham, in Dublin 8, number 66, a grey-painted terraced three-bedroom, two-bathroom house, is a short walk to the cafes and bars of this boujie neighbourhood.
The exterior paint colour is a form of code that signals a renovation.
And this property has been gently upgraded and extended to create a serene, cohesive look throughout.
It opens into a hall with dark-stained stained polished timber floorboards, a look that is carried through the ground floor of the property and on out into its lushly planted, back garden, which is tiered over three different levels.
There is a private sitting room to the front.
While small, it is well-balanced and gives you a second space, one with a door, to retreat from the rest of the household.
The back of the house is well-zoned to comprise a lounge area, where the large L-shaped sofa stretches the width of the room and looks out towards the garden.
You can’t see the kitchen from here, meaning you can leave the clean-up or dishes til later in the evening.
Set in a D-shape, the kitchen units are a soothing sage green that works really well with the cognac-stained floors.
The eat-in kitchen is furnished with a table for six, but it’s a room where you could entertain much larger groups and in the summer months, extend the dining outside.
Upstairs on the return, there are two bedrooms, a single and a double, the latter of which has a Juliet balcony overlooking the green space.
The family bathroom may be an internal space, but it is extremely private and washed in daylight thanks to the large rooflight overhead.
Luxuriously generous, it can accommodate a freestanding claw-foot bath and a separate shower.
The principal bedroom is to the front and has Scandi-style painted white floorboards and an exposed brick chimney breast.
The garden is set across three different levels, all of which are lushly planted.
Bounded by granite walls, it is surrounded by mature trees.
Agent Felicity Fox is seeking €695,000 for the C1 Ber-rated residence, which extends to 105 square metres.
