Mountainview Road sits bang in the middle of leafy suburbia but with all the metropolitan bustle of Ranelagh village a short walk away. Number 30 captures this meeting of stately grandeur with modern city living perfectly. The semi-detached Victorian has been tastefully upgraded and refurbished throughout.
While it retains much of its original period detail, the decor and colour palate is contemporary. The interconnecting reception rooms have marble fireplaces with tiled insets and original stained timber flooring. Here the current owners have managed to successfully marry antique pieces with modern furnishings.
Number 30, which is on view through agents Lisney on Saturday from noon to 1pm, feels bigger than its 171sq m (1,843sq ft) thanks to a very extensive refurbishment in the kitchen/family room to the rear. Light pours in through floor-to-ceiling windows. The red-tiled splashback over the rangemaster in the kitchen area offers a splash of colour in a sea of gleaming white foor tiles and walls. Glazed sliding doors have the effect of extending the space to the exterior.
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And here the compromise for all that interior space is evident in the narrow decked garden to one side, and a small but attractive patio to the side of the kitchen. Young families may find this restrictive, though there are at least two small city parks within walking distance.
On the first floor return there are two bedrooms and a family bathroom. Up again there are two further bedrooms, including the master bedroom, with stripped floorboards, which runs the full width of the house and includes an en suite shower room and a walk in closet. An unusual turned staircase with a lovely original Victorian window on the return and a Velux skylight overhead leads to a converted attic (15sq m/
161sq ft) with shower room off it.
Certainly this house is a walk-in prospect for a buyer with €950,000 to spend.
