Cool, clever and very nice to be in, 6 Sullivan Street is artfully designed to maximise light, space and easy living. White walls, ceilings and floors give both height and flourishes a chance to flaunt themselves without distraction.
The atrium-style rear kitchen area, a mezzanine/bedroom with quasi window and irregular, bespoke floor-to-ceiling shelves and storage all come into their own and make it easy to see how comfortably 21st-century lives can be accommodated in this remodelled, 19th-century Dublin Artisan Dwelling Company house.
When film-maker Andrew Legge bought number 6 in 2004 for €317,000 he gutted the inside, elevated the back roof to introduce more light, installed wood-framed windows and did all of the impressive carpentry himself. "It was dark back and front so the internal walls had to come down," he explains. The opened-up ground level is floored in "slightly mottled white porcelain tiles", a Norwegian wood-burning stove stands where the original fireplace once stood, there is a blue-tiled wetroom to the rear and a salvaged cast-iron fireplace in the main bedroom.
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Agent Sherry FitzGerald is seeking €390,000 for the 60sq m (650sq ft) property, laid out as an open living ground floor with wetroom, and first floor with bedroom and mezzanine.
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Great family space
Andrew and actor wife Serena Brabazon lived there for some years, and say they will be sad to sell but have a growing family and need more space. "We could hear the chimps and elephants being fed in the mornings at nearby Dublin Zoo," Andrew says. Serena agrees the house is a great family space and shows off a clever storage touch when she swings open a set of wall shelves to reveal a concealed utility/cloakroom.
The wood-burning stove, she says, keeps the whole house heated. The high, sloped ceiling over the kitchen area has two large Velux windows and there is a glass panelled door to the small courtyard.
In the main, front-facing bedroom there is a sash window, sloped ceiling and black, cast-iron fireplace. High above the kitchen area to the rear, the mezzanine is in effective use as a bedroom. A floored attic has storage space.
Sullivan (and Aberdeen) Streets are within hailing distance of Phoenix Park gates. “It’s like having an amazing playground just opposite,” says Serena.