Hidden gem off the main drag in Rathmines for €850,000

Ardee Road is something of a secret street that runs parallel to the main drag of Lower Rathmines Road and feels a million miles removed from that artery’s bustling pace. Number 22 is a four-bedroom house that is part of a small terrace of 1930s redbrick houses.

The house was refurbished in 2008. It has two interconnecting reception rooms with lovely Edwardian windows. A bow window to the front has had its appeal diminished by the installation of a flat radiator that irons out the natural curve of the window.

Slide-back doors lead through to a formal diningroom. The eat-in kitchen, while a good size, is basic and has a layout that needs reconfiguring to make the most of the large 18m rear east-facing garden, surprisingly big for such an urban setting. A utility room at the far end obscures it from sight.

The property has vehicular rear access and there is potential to build a mews, subject to planning. A 130sq m (1,400sq ft) site to the rear of Rathmines Road Lower’s main drag sold at the recent Allsop auction for about €210,000 and could, subject to planning, become a well-located home.

Upstairs there are four bedrooms, three of which have en suite bathrooms, and there is a shower room to service the fourth. There is also an attic room with another en suite.

The house, which measures 142sq m (1,535sq ft), has a C2 Ber rating and an asking price of €850,000 through agents Savills. Investors should note that negotiator Ivan Tuite estimates the property would achieve a rental income of about €3,000 per month.

Location

In terms of amenities the property couldn’t be better located. The street is bookended by schools, free-to-attend St Louis National School on William’s Park and fee-paying boys’ school St Mary’s at the city end. At certain times of the day, school run traffic may snarl up access.

Swan Leisure with its state-of-the-art swimming pool and gym facilities is very close, as are supermarkets, Rathmines library and the Swan Centre and cinema complex.

A house of a similar size with a south-facing back garden and an F Ber rating has an asking price of €600,000 through agents Bohan Hyland, while a three-storey-over-basement terraced property with an east-facing back garden in need of modernisation on Rathmines Road Lower has an asking price of €425,000 through agents O’Connor Shannon.