DUBLIN 8: €965,000:BUYERS SHOPPING smart for homes that work harder for their money might like to visit 628 South Circular Road.
The bay-fronted, Victorian redbrick is at the Kilmainham end of the road and comes to the market with a pedestrian-accessible mews to its rear, with potential rental income.
The four-bedroom, semi-detached house and mews are for sale by private treaty through agent Sherry FitzGerald for €965,000.
The main house is 181sq m (1,948sq ft) in size, and is entered via an elegant black-and-white tiled entrance hall.
There are two roomy, interconnecting reception rooms, which have matching marble fireplaces. The bay-fronted livingroom is spacious while the diningroom has built-in bookcases.
Both have period cornicing and ceiling roses as well as the original interconnecting doors.
To the rear is an oak-floored kitchen which has high-gloss aubergine units.
The house has four bedrooms. Three are on the first floor. A spacious double bedroom is to the back of the main house.
The spacious main bedroom is to the front with views of Three-Rock Mountain. From here there is direct access to the fourth bedroom, which is currently being used as a nursery. This room could also serve as an en suite bathroom. Both the principal bedrooms have period fireplaces.
On the first floor return there’s a wonderful family bathroom that includes a claw-foot bath and separate shower. Another double bedroom is at the rear.
The property comes to the market with a modern and immediately rentable one-bedroom mews.
It comprises a living/dining area, kitchen, shower room and a double bedroom and has a south-facing patio to the front.
This property has its own separate pedestrian entrance and currently receives a rental income of €15,000 a year. It’s also ideal home office, granny or teenage flat material.
The house is very well located. It’s close to both Rialto and Kilmainham villages, Kilmainham Gaol and IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art). Collins Barracks and the Phoenix Park are just a five-minute drive across the river.
The house is also near the red Luas line and is minutes from the M50.
Out front there is a low maintenance garden and original tiled walkway. Presently, parking is on-street.
The north-facing back garden is landscaped and set in low-maintenance gravel with specimen trees throughout.
Both properties are available to view separately.
628 South Circular Road, Dublin 8
Four-bedroom semi-detached redbrick with mews property to the rear
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald
