Kooky charm on Kimmage Road for €695,000

Part of a terrace of early-Edwardian redbricks, number 229 Kimmage Road Lower has an interior that is colourfully and quietly different. A house comfortably designed for family life, the vendors say its “kooky character” was what first attracted them and that they have had  “a fantastic life” in number 229 for the past 11 years. They’ve reared “three growing kids” in that time too; the growing aspect is why they are now moving “to something bigger”.

The property had, they say, “a typical, make-shift extension when we moved in, so we did a bit of work here and there”. That “bit of work” – an account as understated as number 229’s style – amounted to adding (and recently re-fitting) a new kitchen, timber floors, fireplaces, opening walls between reception rooms and more, all the while preserving original features. Picture rails, plasterwork (notably in the hallway), some floorboards, doors, banisters and more date from 1910.

Over a 136sq m (1,463sq ft) floorspace number 229 has four bedrooms, two reception rooms, a kitchen/dining/family room and family bathroom. Agent DNG is asking €695,000.

The absence of a picture rail in the dark blue, front-facing sittingroom, where there is a timber floor and ornate, cast-iron fireplace, gives it a more elegantly sombre style than the adjoining livingroom.  Painted a paler shade of blue, and with a white painted picture rail, the rear livingroom has an airier, lighter feel. Both rooms have a lot of charm.

Belfast sink

Iroko worktops in the L-shaped kitchen/diningroom work well with a double Belfast sink and slate flooring. Windows to the side and rear give plenty of light.

A bedroom and black-and-white tiled family bathroom are on a first floor return.The other three bedrooms are off the well-lit first floor landing; all have timber floors, the main one has a cast-iron fireplace.

A 10m-long rear garden has ivy, fuschia and a block-built shed which, the vendors say, “has been an adventure for the kids”. High hedged to the front, the owners say that proximity to the main road “has never been an issue.”