Work-life balance on the Grand Canal for €900,000

Number 156 Upper Leeson Street is a familiar Dublin building situated on the corner of Sussex Terrace and Leeson Street, opposite the bridge and overlooking the canal, that could resolve work-life balance issues for someone.

The exterior is all that remains of the property's Georgian features. Inside it has been divided into two self-contained apartments. The first-floor building has its entrance at 156 Leeson Street Upper; the entrance for the hall-level apartment is at Sussex Terrace, and there is a basement office with annual rates of €2,678.72. The property is asking €900,000 through agents Savills.

The first-floor property is nicely laid-out as a three-bedroom apartment. The property measures 120sq m (1,291sq ft). To the left is a small sitting room with dual-aspect windows, one overlooking Leeson Street, the other the canal. The room has a gas-fuelled fire. An open plan eat-in kitchen, with cherry units and black granite countertops also has canal views. A central space lit by a roof light forms a second sitting area. Two double bedrooms share a shower room. The one on the canal side of the building is quite dark. The master bedroom is roomy and has a bathroom adjacent to it.

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A glass door leads out to a small balcony that overlooks the courtyard to the rear of Sussex Terrace, where car parking for the building is situated.

The hall-level apartment has a double-height entrance hall with steps leading up to the apartment’s dining room. Measuring 99sq m (1,070sq ft), there are two double bedrooms to the left. The kitchen is down a corridor and has a small breakfast bar that would be better replaced by a small kitchen table to enjoy the canal views. Adjacent to it is the living room, small when compared to the dining room and the bedrooms. On the other side of the apartment is the master bedroom which has an en suite bathroom.

This may be more of an investment property than a potential home as the basement is listed for commercial office use and has the aforementioned annual rates charges. However, it would suit a buyer with their own business. The basement, which measures 148sq m (1,600sq ft) is dark, not helped by the fact that the walls are painted a deep blue and brick red. It is divided into five rooms, there is a small kitchen and wc, as well as rear access.