A handsome Dublin 9 three-bedroom, Strain-built redbrick with planning permission for a two-storey extension just off Botanic Avenue in Dermot Bannon’s locale.
Glasnevin is a gorgeous neighbourhood with many of its finer roads lined with handsome redbricks built by Alexander Strain.
It has the Botanic Gardens and its Tolka River walk, along with Griffith Park, all on the doorstep.
Set in a quiet cul-de-sac, number 22 Cliftonville is a Strain-built three-bedroom end terrace house that has been discreetly upgraded.
Address: 22 Cliftonville Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, D09 F8W5
Asking price: €975,000
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald
The bay-fronted residence had an E Ber-rating when its current owners bought it.
Thanks to the installation of new triple-glazed windows, a full rewire, replumb and insulation upgrades, it now has a B3 Ber rating.
Its period features remain from the leaded glass panels and side lights in the front door, now housed in a new draught-excluding model, to the brass hood and tiled sides of the original fireplace in the front reception room.
They retained the timber floorboards too.
These are now stained a rich cognac brown.
The front door is painted a periwinkle grey, the same shade that is on the internal doors and architraving and draws the eye up the stairwell.
The front room is pale and uncluttered, allowing the bones of the house to do the talking.
Double doors lead through to the second original reception room.
Now an internal space, it is painted a cadet blue and used as a family room.
Both rooms have deep coving and polished timber floors is stained a rich espresso shade.
The family room opens through to the eat-in kitchen, a room that spans the width of the house and features a kitchen with a peninsula that leads through to a very valuable utility room that opens out to the north-facing garden.
Double doors also lead from the dining area out to the garden.
While north-facing, it also gets good westerly light.
The property has planning permission for a two-storey extension.
Upstairs, the family bathroom is on the return, and there are two double bedrooms and a single on the first floor.
Agents Sherry FitzGerald is seeking €995,000 for the 117 square metre house.
