Artisan living in Sean O’Casey’s East Wall neighbourhood

Sean O'Casey lived across the road from 15 Hawthorn Terrace between 1889 until 1897. He was 17 when he left, old enough to appreciate the community and people he would later draw on for his plays.

His neighbours included ship captains, bottle blowers and mechanics, all employed in nearby factories.

The vendors of number 15, selling after 12 years, say that despite utter change the heart and warmth of the community is as solid as ever it was; The Sean O’Casey Community Centre is nearby, as well as a crèche and credit union.

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Without sacrificing the feel of its origins, the house has been given a clever and stylish revamp.

An extension and attic conversion, in place when the vendors bought, have been made over, new windows added and caring work put into the front and rear gardens.

The coups de grace are space and storage created by Louise Norton of Nspace and a warm, dramatic repainting in deep aqua marine, muddy khakis and subdued yellows.

Agent Sherry FitzGerald is asking €335,000 for the house with two bedrooms, reception room, kitchen/family/dining room, bathroom and attic with 79sq m (850sq ft) floor space.

Space is put to ingenious use in the area between the entrance hall and kitchen. Now a playroom/study with storage space, it is seamlessly part of the kitchen/dining area. The fitted kitchen, with a tile inset timber floor, gets a great deal of light and ends in a dining area sitting in a angled French door and window overlooking the garden.

The main, high ceilinged bedroom, with a Velux window and tongue-and-groove fitted wardrobes, is off the hallway. So are the bathroom and sittingroom, the latter with a cast-iron fireplace.

A second bedroom is on a rear return while the attic, good-sized and used as a bedroom, has eaves storage as well as a Velux with chimney pot and tree top views.

The rear garden has evergreen and plum trees, an impressive rambling passion flower and rose bushes and sheltered sun-trap at the end.

There is off-street parking to the front.