A two-bedroom end-of-terrace mews house in walking distance of St Stephen's Green illustrates how small can be beautiful - and even spacious-looking - with clever design.
Number 5 Percy Close, Percy Lane, off Haddington Road, Dublin 4, has a guide of £180,000 prior to its auction through Douglas Newman Good on February 17th.
The house, built in 1993, has 650 sq ft of space, and features polished maple floors, a livingroom/diningroom with a marble fireplace, and an attractive well-stocked patio garden at the rear designed by RTE garden expert Dermot O'Neill (it once starred on Live At Three).
An entrance hall opens into the long livingroom/diningroom: with its whitepainted walls, dado rails, 9 ft high ceiling and large fireplace - topped by a large gilt-edged mirror - this room is designed in a style both simple and grand. It opens directly on to the private rear patio through French doors.
The kitchen has a tiled floor, part-tiled walls, recessed lighting and granite-effect worktops. Upstairs, both bedrooms have built-in wardrobes, and the bathroom has fully-tiled walls and floor.
The patio is like an outdoor room, and has a cut-stone pond, a variety of flowers and shrubs and a paved patio area. There is an annual service charge of £250 a year.
