Serenity and a country feel at the heart of the action

Manders Terrace €1.25 million: THIS HOUSE at 5 Manders Terrace, Dublin 6, is elevated off the beaten track of Ranelagh Road and yet it remains at the heart of the action – with the village centre just up the road and the Luas station visible from the house.

A tree-filled area to the front of the terrace – screening the station – and car parking spaces were mainly funded in return for accommodating Luas works.

The four-bedroom house’s overall country feel – wide floorboards and quarry tiles running throughout, painted tongue-and-groove timber detailing in the main bathroom and kitchen, and an Aga in the kitchen – chimes with its elevated, serene location and large garden to the rear, which many birds call home.

The double-fronted house is on the market through King and Associates quoting €1.25 million, reflecting the agent’s confidence in Dublin 6 where, it claims, there is a shortage in supply.

It has been three decades since the last house on this terrace was sold publicly (one changed hands privately). The current owners moved in 35 years ago, having eyed up the terrace from a house across Ranelagh Road (which they bought in 1974 for £11,000).

There is a bedroom to the right of the front hall at 5 Manders Terrace and a small study behind it, overlooking the garden.

To the left of the door is a rather grand dining room, painted in deep red, with a fireplace and tall window overlooking the garden. Incidentally, it would seem the terrace has kept pace with the times, if rumoured sightings by locals of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg visiting a neighbouring house are to be believed.

The kitchen is to the back of the house, and an extension, added about 10 years after the owners arrived, spills onto a patio. A motorised awning makes all-weather sitting, reading, contemplating and consuming that much easier.

Above the kitchen, the main bathroom – with standard bathware – has patio doors onto a remarkable balcony. It is very private, the owner assures me.

The upper floor of the house has been opened up by taking down most of a wall in a former hallway to create a large, bright sitting area that absorbs a second window to the front that would formerly have been at the top of the stairs.

Next to this is a bedroom with a half-wall screening a basin and, beyond, a separate wc and bidet room.

The only part of the house the owners needed to work on when they moved in was the basement, which now houses a shower room, two bedrooms and a living room with steep steps up into the enchanting garden.

5 Manders Terrace, Ranelagh, Dublin 6

Description: Two over basement, four-bedroom period terraced house with large garden

Agent: King and Associates