A four-bedroom Rathmines home with Victorian silhouette and a pared-back 21st-century interior that includes glass floor detailing.
At the junction of Effra Road and Leinster Road West, La Bas Terrace is a boutique, gated development of just four redbrick homes constructed nine years ago.
Number 8 retains its Victorian façade, but that is all that remains of that buttoned-up era.
Designed by OMS Architects, the double-glazed windows still have their granite sills, and the front door arch hints at its past.
Address: 8 Le Bas Terrace, Leinster Road West, Rathmines, Dublin 6, D06X6R5
Asking price: €1.65 million
Agent: Stokes Property Consultants
Inside this four-bedroom, four-bathroom terraced home has a much looser feel. Washed in light front and back, the finishes and technologies are utterly 21st-century.
Through the entrance doors takes you into a lofty hall that has a glass floor, a level up, so you can see skyward.
European oak engineered flooring in a hard wax oil finish covers all floors, save for the kitchen area and bathrooms.
At the front is a double-height living room. It has a contemporary built-in corner gas fire and low-set bespoke joinery that runs alongside the fire and across the other side of the room to create a bench that doubles as a display surface where you can put objects and position the TV. Above is a mezzanine level where the library is, and your eye is drawn.
The palette is soft white walls and art, and it all appears beautifully simple. A big part of the appeal of such a house is how it echoes the traditional layout but adds architectural flourishes like the library, and also the materials used to construct an A3 BER-rated house.
Throughout, the polished timber flooring is warmed by underfloor heating on the ground floor, and the same heat source is found in all the bathrooms.
From the living room, a set of steps takes you down to the kitchen-diner. This extends the width of the property and measures over 30 square metres.
The dark Ceres-C kitchen and island is by German brand Leicht and has contrastingly pale 20 millimetre stone countertops with integrated drainers, undermounted stainless steel sinks and Siemens appliances.
Behind it is a utility room.
The dining area is across from the island and features an antique table surrounded by contemporary chairs, demonstrating how the different aesthetics can work together in a modern house.
Large-format sliding doors open out to the back garden. This is large and low maintenance with paving weaving through the space, which, although north-east facing, is big enough to be able to follow the sun as it crosses the sky around the garden.
The principal bedroom has a shower ensuite and is on the first floor.
A reading nook atop the glass-floored return takes up to the second floor, where there are three more double bedrooms. These share a family bathroom.
The bathrooms have digital showers and bath fillers, Duravit sanitaryware, chrome heated towel rails and mirror-fronted integrated cabinets.
Low-energy LED lighting illuminates the residence throughout.
Agents Stokes Property Consultants is seeking €1.65 million for the house, which extends to 202 square metres.
