Dublin 6: €500,000Tucked away off Harold's Cross Road, close to the bridge in Dublin 6, is this pretty double-fronted house, number 80 Harold's Cross Cottages. It is for sale by private treaty for €500,000 through agent Meadows.
The cottage is one of many built in the 1880s by the Artisan Dwellings Company and it, and its semi-detached neighbour, share one side of a cul-de-sac that backs onto the grounds of Cathal Brugh Barracks. It's a quiet location with a mix of young and elderly neighbours who tend to look out for each other.
The house is an ideal first-time buy with living space of around 56sq m (612sq ft) including a second bedroom that could be rented out to help pay the mortgage.
A previous owner knocked the entire cottage into one large high-ceilinged room and added two bedrooms, a bathroom and a kitchen to the rear. The main room, which opens directly from the street, has plenty of space for both dining and living areas with an open fireplace on one side.
At the back of the house the fully fitted kitchen has space for a small dining table, and there's access to sunny patio at the side of the house, which has handy access to the street via a side gate. Both bedrooms, a double and a single, are fairly compact though the house as a whole feels light and spacious.
