Smartly presented, this house is situated in a quiet cul-de-sac opposite Fairview Park and boasts celebrity schools and good public transport links on the doorstep.
From celebrity secondary schools to skate parks, playing fields, and an easy cycle into the city centre along designated lanes, Fairview is a village transformed.
It still has good local pubs but has added chichi Martin’s Off Licence with catches of the day available at Wright's fish shops, along with hipster cafes such as Kennedy’s, now a local institution.
Address: 45 Cadogan Road, Fairview, Dublin 3, D03 AY29
Asking price: €575,000
Agent: Quillsen
It also boasts good schools with great back stories.
Joeys, once a boy’s school but now co-ed, has a slew of past pupils who became household names, from actor Brendan Gleeson to former Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey to composer Peadar Kearney and economist Colm McCarthy.
Famously, where U2 met and formed the band, Mount Temple, a non-fee-paying secondary school, is a short walk away on the Malahide Road.
Set in Cadogan Road, a quiet cul-de-sac just beyond Annesley Bridge, number 45 is a mid-terraced, three-bed period property with the added benefit of an attic room.
The house, which was built circa 1900, opens into a hall and has interconnecting reception rooms that run the depth of the main house, making the space dual aspect.
The front room is where the living room is.
It enjoys a bay window and has built-in bookcases painted a soft, sage green on either side of a raised hearth that has been closed off and is purely decorative.
All the internal doors have been stripped and waxed.
At the rear is a dining room with bench seating and shelving in the alcoves.
This room still has an open hearth. Some houses on the street have installed a door outside where the back window is.
The kitchen is in the return. Its cabinets are painted Kelly green and have timber countertops. Underfoot, there is a slate-like tiled floor.
This room opens out to the small city garden that is south-facing.
The first of its three bedrooms is on the hall return, where the family bathroom also is.
There are two more good-sized doubles on the first floor.
The attic has also been converted, giving space for a home office away from home life.
The house extends to about 99 square metres with a further 12 square metres of attic room.
It last sold in May 2020 for €487,000, according to the property price register.
The river Tolka runs along the back of the terrace, and Fairview Park is at the top of the road. Amenities include a skate park, playground, and many playing fields and running tracks.
Agents Quillsen is seeking €575,000 for the C3 BER-rated house. There is on-street resident disc parking.
