RATHMINES - €1.85M:This unusual-looking Rathmines redbrick was in bedsits two years ago but is now a stylish and spacious house with many extras, writes Eoin Lyons.
LISNEY IS looking for offers of €1.85 million for 10 Effra Road in Rathmines, Dublin 6.
The two-storey over basement end-of-terrace house has three bedrooms and 260sq m (1,959sq ft) of living space. Effra Road is a quiet street, a continuation of Leinster Road West, off Grosvenor Road and near Kenilworth Square.
The current owners are a young couple who bought the house two years ago and carried out a major renovation. The property was divided into bedsits but, after gutting the place and putting it back together again, the result is a new home in the framework of a Victorian house.
The exterior has an unusual mansard roof and granite steps leading to the front door. The entrance hall is wider than most houses of this style and is very bright due to two extra windows made possible by its end-of-terrace position.
The staircase has a traditional bannister on the ascending steps and a glass screen on the descending stairs that lead to the kitchen at the garden level.
There are two large, high ceiling reception rooms at hall level: both have new marble chimneypieces and new cornicing and mouldings that match what would have been there originally. The floorboards are original but the floor itself was completely rebuilt.
The owners remember gazing from the garden level straight through the house to the sky. There's no doubt that the house is now rock solid.
Also at hall level is a study that could also be used as a small fourth bedroom.
It is the nerve centre of the house's impressive technology system that includes a surround sound in every room. The main family living area is downstairs and consists of a smart cream kitchen and very large living and dining area.
The look is white, bright and very New England, with plantation-style shutters on all windows. Double doors open to the garden and a walkway of decking runs from these doors to a larger area in the same material at the rear. The landscaping is by the award winning designers Thirtythreetrees.
Upstairs, on the first floor, there are two large bedrooms - one with an en suite - and a smaller room that could also hold a double bed. The family bathroom is large with designer sanitary ware.
To the front of the house there is a small seating area, accessed from the kitchen and shielded from the road by tall hazel trees. Parking is on the street, but by all accounts always readily available.
10 Effra Rd, Rathmines, D6
Renovated two-storey over basement redbrick house with unusual mansard roof
Agent:Lisney
