In mint condition, this three-bedroom period property in Phibsborough draws in both morning and evening light and flies its county colours in the most subtle and sunny way a GAA fan can do, €895.
If you don’t know the Shandon area of Dublin 7, you should take a stroll round the neighbourhood. You might see the residents picking up litter.
All the adults get involved in the Halloween celebrations, and the annual summer street party features live traditional music, thanks to the fact that some of the neighbours are musicians.
Address: 50 Shandon Park, Phibsborough, Dublin 7, D07 AC85
Asking price: €895,000
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Phibsborough
Made up of the four streets of Shandon Road, Park, Drive and Crescent that together form a rectangle backing onto the Shandon Pitch & Putt course, it was constructed during the first three decades of the twentieth century by George F. Byrne, who was an active member of the Dublin and District Housebuilders’ Association.
The area is bounded on three sides by green spaces; the Grand Canal and Shandon Garden Park to the north, where Phizzfest, an annual community-led arts and culture festival in Phibsborough, is held, the aforementioned putting club to the south and Mount Bernard to the west.
The handsome red bricks feature yellow brick detailing over the windows and arch-headed fenestration, something the owners of number 50 Shandon Park, a Dublin Southsider and a Donegal native, were keen to keep.
The house has other lovely period details, starting with the leaded glass panels in the original front door.
They added a new blue front door to create a closed porch.
They purchased the house in 2016, paying €450,000 for it according to the property price register.
The following year, they undertook a full renovation, having had a relative, Kevin Johnson of DM Smyth, draft drawings.
They wanted to extend the front room and push the kitchen out so that it was more connected to the garden.
Advice from colour consultant Ohla Kelly suggested a dusky pink, Monticello Rose by Benjamin Moore, for the front room, a room they had initially painted blue.
They had wanted a room to finish when they moved in and felt it might be darker than they had wanted to go.
The open plan room at the back houses the eat-in kitchen and family room. This has an engineered wood floor with a herringbone pattern that warms the crisp white cabinetry.
There is underfloor heating in this part of the property.
This space pulls in light from three sources: the full-height, bi-fold doors that lead out to the garden, a clerestory window and angled electrically operated roof lights, to draw in both morning and evening light.
“Being north-facing, we did not expect as much light. The whole room is full of sunlight,” the owner says.
There are subtle references to one of the owner’s GAA heritage in the green and gold colour accents, golden yellow pendant lights from Mullen Lighting and a poster in the country colours of Tir Connail.
The other half of the couple insists this is accidental. If it is, it is a really stylish and subtle way to fly the flag.
Upstairs there are three bedrooms, two fine doubles and a single, along with the family bathrooms.
Now in mint condition, agents Sherry FitzGerald Phibsborough is seeking €895,000 for the mid-terraced three-bedroom, two-bathroom property.
Situated in a quiet but very desirable part of Phibsborough.
Boasting a B BER rating and extending to 113 square metres, it also includes a large garage with valuable vehicular rear access.
