Dublin 6: €1.395m:At first glance, 82 Leinster Road is a seriously impressive building. Dating from about 1852, and a 10-minute walk from Rathmines, its double-fronted facade and fan light give it an enviable exclusivity on a street of mostly terraced houses.
But sometimes these houses flatter to deceive ; some of Rathmines’s best Georgian homes have been converted into units and although their exteriors may be reminiscent of period set-pieces, the interiors can be more Trainspotting than Downton Abbey.
Which makes number 82, on sale through Sherry FitzGerald for €1.395 million, a delight.
It was restored in 2000 by the family that has owned it since 1978.
It is a four-bedroom house with beautiful period features in excellent shape.
On entrance level, up those oh-so-attractive front steps, there are two reception rooms, one of which is used as a children’s room.
From there, you have two choices – down to the main living area, containing the kitchen-cum-breakfast room which is open to a cosy living room with fireplace and timber flooring, or up to the return, which contains a decent-sized bathroom with cast-iron claw-foot bath.
Upstairs, the landing is a beautiful study in preservation, with ceiling coving, stained-glass window and two display recesses (perfect for those busts you’ve been keeping in storage).
What will sell this house is its potential as a decent-sized “forever” home for a family of four or more; there’s plenty of room for the kids to run around, as well as a small but sufficient back garden with decking and grass.
The living areas leave plenty of space for supervised play and dedicated alone time for both adults and children.
And that’s before we get to location. The house is a stone’s throw from Dublin city centre on a leafy street 10 minutes walk from Rathmines’s shops, pubs, cinemas and schools.
82 Leinster Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Description: substantial four-bedroom house, restored in 2000, with intact period features.
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald
