Kilmainham: €425,000A terraced two-bedroom house in Kilmainham, Dublin 8 with rooms at several different levels and a terraced back garden will appeal to single buyers looking for a bolt hole close to the city centre.
Number 25 Inchicore Road is for sale by private treaty through Sherry FitzGerald, which is seeking offers of €425,000 for the 73sq m (783sq ft) house that opens directly from the street.
Located next to Kilmainham Gaol, the bright blue façade of the house hints at what's to come. The current owner, a lighting and furniture designer, has customised the house in an unusual style, with a curvaceous kitchen leading to a terrace that catches the afternoon sun.
Because the house is built on a slope to the rear, there are three main levels, but the internal layout is very unusual with almost every room reached by climbing up and down steps.
No two rooms are quite on the same plane and almost every room has a different ceiling height.
All this gives the building a quaint charm but with some money to spend, new owners could probably re-configure the space into a smaller number of decent-sized rooms.
The front door opens straight into the livingroom, whose ceiling is very low indeed (just over 6ft), where there is an attractive cast-iron fireplace, exposed brick wall and built-in seating specially designed to fit the space since the room would not hold a pair of conventional sofas.
Two sets of stairs line the back wall of the room: one leads to the level above where there are two bedrooms, both with solid wood floors.
The second stairs leads downwards to a bathroom on a mid-level. This is a reasonable size but also functions as a utility room with washer and dryer in one corner. Down another flight of stairs is the galley-style kitchen. The units here were designed from MDF by the owner and have interesting lighting made from cut-out metal above the countertops but there is no room for even the smallest table and chairs. The gas hob and double oven are by Die Dietrich.
The kitchen opens to the garden that is long (54ft), narrow and spread over five terraces that include a patio area, decking and rear access from a laneway. The view is towards the River Liffey and there is possible potential to extend from the kitchen.
The location close to the city centre will make this house attractive to a single person or young couple, some of whom may also love the quirky interior.
