A two-bed cottage with the Luas and the N11 within five minutes and just a 90-step commute to the garden home office on 0.5 acres of mature grounds, is presented in pristine condition.
If you dream of escaping the rat race but are tethered to the city by work commitments, number 105 Cherrywood Road in Shankill, D18, offers a rare compromise.
While this two-bedroom, one-bathroom, detached property looks like it’s far removed from busy urban life, its key attraction is the fact that the Luas green line terminus at Bride’s Glen is a five-minute walk via a shortcut through Cherrywood Park, and the N11 is a five-minute drive away.
Address: 105 Cherrywood Road, Shankill, Dublin 18, D18 VH68
Asking price: €890,000
Agent: Mullery O’Gara
The small front of the house belies its 105 square metre size, for the property extends out the back.
One is linked to the other via a sun-drenched, glass-walled hall.
On a half-acre, it has the space to grow your own veg, install enough solar panels to become self-sufficient, if you also invest in battery storage.
It offers an accommodation wing with pretty period charm, while the living quarters have a classic contemporary look throughout.
The blend of styles is expertly executed.
An artisan cottage that dates from around the 1900s at the front houses the accommodation, which meets a lofty 20011 extension that is home to the living areas and kitchen.
The accommodation is to the right.
Originally a three-bedroom property, the owner, who bought it in 2021 for €776,000, according to the property price register, started her makeover by upgrading the period part.
She insulated it, reduced the number of rooms, and upped the creature comfort levels.
It now has a C2 BER rating and features two well-balanced bedrooms, featuring Cole & Son wallpaper.
Details include a smartly panelled hall and a luxuriously appointed bathroom with gorgeous leaded-glass panel shutters that serve as a privacy screen.
The owner is an interiors fan, but also asked her sister, interior designer Deirdre Walshe of Designful, for help and for second opinions.
I was very lucky to have her, she says.
A short set of stairs from the hall takes you up a level to the living quarters.
In season, it is clad in Boston Ivy creeper at the front, and wisteria covers the back.
This well-balanced rectangular space is dual aspect and has a broken plan layout, divided into thirds.
Two-thirds are given over to the living cum dining room, where period style features such as architraves and wood panelling lend it a sense of timelessness.
It works well with the classic contemporary décor, which features antiques, vintage finds and modern pieces.
The room is painted in a soft grey-blue that reads as green.
This is Pigeon by Farrow and Ball.
Sets of real French doors open out to the garden.
These were reclaimed and brought to Ireland from France, and add a certain je ne sais quoi to the space.
Double doors lead through to the kitchen, which features crisp white units with d-ring drawer pulls on the island and below the counter.
A third set of French doors leads from here out to large and private grounds.
Beyond the terrace is a large and maturely planted green space.
This amount of outdoor space is a luxury.
A gravel path leads via steps up to the garden room that the owner uses as a full-time home office.
It’s just a 90-step commute, she says, and the view here is of tree canopies and across to the obelisk in Killiney, she says.
The gardens are well planted in a loose wild flower fashion, leaving lots of scope for the next owner to grow some fruit and vegetables and improve on the current beguiling set-up.
There is scope too to extend the property, something the owner had considered and even had plans drafted for a 90 square metre single-storey extension, but is now instead moving to Wicklow, where she’s fallen for another doer-upper.
Five minutes from the N11, the house is just a five-minute walk via Cherrywood Park to the Luas terminus at Bride’s Glen.
Agents Mullery O’Gara are seeking €890,000 for the pristinely presented cottage.
