A south Docklands, double-fronted period pied à terre in pristine condition.
Albert Court East is a quiet cul-de-sac off Grand Canal Street Lower.
Number 14 is a pristinely presented, two-bedroom period cottage hidden behind the road.
From the French, pied à terre literally translates as foot on the ground and is a term used for small, one to two-bedroom properties in major city centres that can be easily locked up and left, if you leave for a period of work or travel.
Address: 14 Albert Court East Dublin 2, D02 YW88
Asking price: €620,000
Agent Owen Reilly
Dating from about 1900, number 14 Albert Court is one of just two properties that open onto a lane off the cul-de-sac.
The double-fronted house has been upgraded and now includes under-floor heating, enhanced insulation, double-glazed windows, a raised roof level, and the removal of the original chimney breast to help maximise space and light.
Extending to 65 square metres now with a B3 BER rating, it opens into a hall with a chevron-patterned timber floor with wainscot-height panelling and a bedroom on either side.
Both doubles have plantation style shutters for privacy.
The one to the right is slightly smaller than the principal, which is to the left and includes a shower ensuite.
There’s a second family bathroom on the right, but the main attraction here is the open-plan living room cum kitchen.
It runs the width of the property with shaker-style cabinet doors a feature of the kitchen, which opens out to a small but private and south-west facing yard.
This little sun patch is a very valuable piece of real estate.
It washes the room in light and changes the mood of the space, creating a real connection between the indoors and the outside.
The location is first class. It is private but within a short walk of the city centre, the Grand Canal and the bars and eateries of Upper Grand Canal Street.
There’s a large and extensively stocked Tesco supermarket on South Lotts, where the eponymous high-end grocers is also located.
Grand Canal Dock Dart station is less than a 10-minute walk, while the green line Luas is about a 20-minute walk up the canal to Charlemont Street – you’d be in the city centre on foot in about the same time frame.
The home has an electric vehicle charging point.
The house last sold in 2022 for the sum of €580,000, according to the property price register.
