Part of a neighbourly looking redbrick terrace on Londonbridge Road, number 35 had been lived in by three generations of the same family before the current owners bought in 2003. “We loved it immediately,” they say, “even though it was very traditional and needed modernisation.”
Built circa 1910 and in good structural condition, it had the solid appeal of wooden floorboards, picture rails, cornicing and, in an outside shed, the double doors that had once separated the reception rooms.
“We cleaned up the doors and put them back in place,” the owner says. “Moved the shower room upstairs, added a kitchen/dining area at the rear, stripped the floorboards. We wanted to keep the spirit of the house so kept what we could and didn’t change much.”
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They also got planning permission, still active, to build a first floor extension over the kitchen – an addition successfully completed by nearby houses. Their move is prompted by a growing family and a need for space.
With two reception rooms, kitchen with dining area, three bedrooms and family shower room spread over 1,110sq ft (103sq m), the house has an asking price of €615,000 through Sherry FitzGerald.
The front-facing sitting room has original floorboards, bookshelves built into alcoves on either side of a period-style fireplace and an original picture rail. A second, similar reception room is in use as a study/playroom.
The kitchen with dining area juts into the small, high-hedged rear garden; the hedge a necessity given that Lansdowne Tennis Club and flying tennis balls are the other side. The Aviva Stadium is seen straddling the skyline.
The bedrooms (two with cast-iron fireplaces) and family bathroom are off a decent-sized first floor landing; the shower room and a bedroom offer Aviva views.
