DUBLIN 4: €490,000:Traditional artisan cottage with two bedrooms in Ringsend and DUBLIN 8: €360,000:Three-bedroom Victorian house close to IMMA and Kilmainham Gaol
DUBLIN 4: €490,000 -RINGSEND'S VENERABLE streets of redbrick Victorian houses have never been closer to the action: Grand Canal Square and the dockland developments are on the doorstep and the proximity to the sea and river of what was Dublin's oldest fishing village is rapidly opening it up to leisure facilities, writes Rose Doyle
Number 9 Hastings Street, Ringsend looks like its redbrick neighbours until you go inside. Here, similar to the expansive modernisation of the neighbourhood, a complete revamp has created bright, open-plan living spaces with the kitchen/diningroom on the first floor and bedrooms on the ground floor.
Its cool, uncluttered style makes number 9 appear bigger than its actual 61sq m (662sq ft), all of which is greatly brightened by the addition of several, large Velux windows.
There are two bedrooms (one en suite, the other with an en suite shower cubicle) and a large kitchen/dining/living area. For sale by private treaty through Douglas Newman Good, it has an asking price of €490,000.
The coup de grâce is undoubtedly the opened up, first floor kitchen/dining/living area.
Making the most of original features, a vaulted ceiling soars into what would have been the attic, its Velux windows highlighting the polished floorboards.
The kitchen is to the rear while the dining/living area, which has a wood-burning fire, is to the front. Bookshelves, cleverly designed in an L-shape, run along the top of the windows and fill an alcove to the corner of the fireplace.
The kitchen is in cool shades of black, white and grey with polished granite worktops and all manner of niftily integrated appliances.
The main bedroom is to the front on the ground floor and has an en suite (which is also the main bathroom) in an elegantly cool style similar to the kitchen. Wall and floor tiles are in charcoal, the oval basin and bath are by Villeroy and Boch and a rear window allows for natural light. Both the main and second bedroom (which is to the rear) have dark wood shelving and built-in wardrobes.
The shower cubicle is off the second bedroom and the guest toilet and a hotpress are off the entrance hallway.
9 Hastings Street, Ringsend, Dublin 4
Traditional artisan cottage with two bedrooms on the ground floor and a large livingroom/kitchen on the first floor which includes what was the attic space
Agent: Douglas Newman Good
DUBLIN 8: €360,000 -Number 6 Woodfield Place in Inchicore, which is on the market at €360,000 through Douglas Newman Good, has been revamped in that sensitive and tasteful way that many people have mastered in recent years, writes Emma Cullinan
The original design has been respected and certain details retained - such as the Victorian fireplace in the front livingroom - while swish additions have been added to the kitchen in the form of Zanussi appliances and substantial stainless steel extractor hood. Here the oak worktop contrasts with the pale units.
On the ground floor is a livingroom, small storage room and kitchen.
Upstairs there are three bedrooms; one with a walk-in wardrobe top lit by a Velux window. The neat 2.06m by 2.08m (6.9ft by 6.10ft) bathroom also has a Velux. There is a patio to the rear.
6 Woodfield Place, Inchicore, Dublin 8
Three-bedroom Victorian house close to IMMA and Kilmainham Gaol
Agent: Douglas Newman Good
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