Clyde Road is leafier than most leafy Ballsbridge roads and Ashley Court arguably one of the more nicely matured apartment buildings in the neighbourhood. Built some 25 years ago, it is a pleasantly sized, redbrick building with 22 apartments and two penthouses. Number 20 is one of the latter and has tree and rooftop views that stretch from the landscaped, communal gardens below to Herbert Park and distant Dublin mountains.
With a good-sized floor space of 140sq m (1,506sq ft) number 20 Ashley Court is something of a rarity in a city where, for the moment, there is a shortage of decent-sized apartments.
The colour throughout is a pale cream and new owners will undoubtedly want to imprint their personal decorating style.
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Number 20’s layout and design values are most evident in the living/diningroom, a single large space with three windows, a wall of clouded glass and a startling, Star Wars-style fireplace with a coal-effect gas fire inset. Sitting and dining areas are divided by a floor panel of polished wood and the views from all three windows are as green and flourishing as you would expect at this time of the year.
Agent Sherry FitzGerald is asking €950,000 for the private treaty sale of what is an apartment with three bedrooms, kitchen, breakfastroom, open dining/ livingroom and bathroom.
There is nothing mean- sized about the reception hall, with its cloakroom cupboard and wall of shelving.
The kitchen and breakfast-room are separate; the latter has a large, front-facing sunrise window with more views.
The kitchen is completely fitted, has wall and floor units and is nicely tiled.
Storage has been built into the corridor leading to the bedrooms, which is also where the family bathroom is to be found.
The en suite shower room attaching to the main bedroom is larger than is usual and fully tiled. The bedroom has a bank of built-in wardrobes, a pleasantly curving wall and rooftop views.
The second and third bedrooms are to the rear, both of them bright. One has built-in mirrored wardrobes, the other a large picture window.
