Once just a converted stable, the mews, in recent times, has come into its own and is often more elegant – and more spacious – than you might expect, writes EDEL MORGAN
RATHMINES: €550,000
IF YOU THINK of a mews as a little house on a laneway, then 5 Charleville Mews in Rathmines, Dublin 6 might come as a surprise.
It is on a lane, off Leinster Road, but it isn't little, at 125sq m (1345sq ft). The interior is more urban cool than cosy cottage and is spread over three floors, with rich walnut floors, built-in wardrobes and glossy marble floors in the kitchen and bathrooms.
The owner has tried to tick every box in order to appeal to as wide a market as possible. Recently built, the three-bed house is on the market through Owen Reilly for €550,000. It comes with a B3 energy rating and a designer garden that's low maintenance .
It also has off-street parking and, leaving nothing to chance, it's wired for Smarthome technology and has remote-control security gates.
Two of the bedrooms are on the ground floor and there's a bathroom at this level with a bath and an illuminated wall mirror and undstairs storage.
The living room, on the first floor, is a good size and has a remote-control gas fire. The kitchen is modern, cream and glossy with marble worktops and top of the range appliances.
Upstairs, the main bedroom is a good size and has built-in wardrobes and an en-suite bathroom. Every requirement is catered for in the bathroom which has a corner jacuzzi bath, a separate jet shower, double sink units and a bidet.
The outside space has been styled (to within an inch of its life) into a city garden. It has a curved deck, flagstone patio area, lots of outdoor lighting, box hedging, an exposed stone feature wall and some dramatic decorative features.
5 Charleville Mews Rathmines, Dublin 6
Stylish three-bed house with B3 energy rating
Agent: Owen Reilly
DUBLIN 4 €795,000
NUMBER 2 Heytesbury Court in Pembroke Lane, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 is another mews house with larger-than-average proportions.
The 137sq m (1,474sq ft) house is on the market at €795,000. Felicity Fox is the selling agent.
The interior of the three-bed house is quite understated with light oaks, pale furnishings and muted colours.
Located between Wellington and Waterloo Roads, it has three bedrooms and the kitchens and bathrooms have recently been replaced.
This mews is bright and light with a skylight on the staircase for extra airiness.
Rooms on the ground floor include a diningroom with French doors out to a south-westerly couryard. A galley-style kitchen is part of this open-plan room and there’s also a utility room and understairs storage.
To the rear of the house are two bedrooms. One, currently used as a study, has a door leading out to the back garden. There’s also a guest toilet. The main bathroom is in all-cream polished travertine marble and has a bath with a shower attachment .
Upstairs, the living room has a vaulted ceiling and doors to a south-west facing terrace with a gravelled finish and a well-planted flowerbed.
The main bedroom is also on this level and has a good-sized en suite and a fitted dressingroom.
Outside to the front there’s a paved south-westerly courtyard with a roller shutter that provides off street parking, while to the rear there’s a town garden that has been designed for easy maintenance.
The rear garden is long and narrow and has a paved patio, a gravelled area and some mature shrubbery,
2 Heytesbury Court, Pembroke Lane, D4
Three-bed mews with south-west-facing courtyard
Agent: Felicity Fox
