Back on the market after just eight months, number 57 Upper Beechwood Avenue, a house that sold for €1.21 million in July of last year is now asking €1.25million, the equivalent of a three per cent increase on last year’s price, and significantly less than the 23 per cent jump in Dublin house prices from January to December 2014, the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).
The house was already in great condition when contracts were exchanged last July. The previous owners had upgraded it in a renovation job that included reconditioning the sash windows and putting in a new kitchen to the rear.
Two of the property’s key features remain – the symmetrical reception rooms where fine fireplaces and recessed spotlights add to the lovely sense of light and space.
The current owners invested a further €45,000 to get the house the way they wanted it, repainting the entire interior, including the woodwork, and redoing the garden, adding grass and raised railway sleeper beds.
They also changed the colour of the kitchen and upgraded the family bathroom.
Original quarry tiles still cover the ground floor return where, to the rear of the house, is a lovely L-shaped eat-in room with a kitchen secreted into the foot. A roof light, with glazing on both sides, lets in southerly sun from above .
The kitchen has black polished granite countertops that are hidden behind a raised bar that shields dirty dishes and pots from diners when they sit down to eat.
The house has three bedrooms. A really fine master spans the width of the house. It has a small walk-in wardrobe and a shower ensuite, both hidden behind period-style doors, leaving the sleeping space devoid of any clutter. The second double on the first floor is big and roomy with a lovely cast- iron fireplace. At present it doesn’t have any built-in storage or free standing wardrobes.
The third bedroom, on the hall return, has been set up as a second sittingroom or den.
The family bathroom is hotel standard with marble tiles on the floor and subway tiles on the walls.
A fine staircase leads up to the attic room of about 22sq m from which you can see the Ringsend Towers, the Conference Centre and a host of other Dublin landmarks through the roof lights.
The house has a D1 BER rating.
The property measures 150sq m (1,614 sq ft) and is asking €1.25 million through agents Lisney.
