DUBLIN 6: €1.8MRATHMINES PARK, a quiet enclave off Upper Rathmines Road in Rathmines, Dublin 6 has a lot to recommend it. Seriously secluded, there's botanical flair to the lush variety of trees, hedging and blooms on show in what is one of the busiest and more diverse of the city's neighbourhoods
Houses come in variety too; the mix includes Edwardian cottages and later, 1920s and 1930s homes.
Number 32, for sale by private treaty with an asking price of €1.8 million, has landscaped and imaginatively planted gardens front and back which more than maintain Rathmines Park's leafy pedigree.
Built in the closing decade of the 19th century, the house itself has a high-ceilinged, light-filled 195sq m (2,100sq ft) of floor space with, over two floors, four bedrooms, three reception rooms and extended kitchen/breakfast/dining room.
Agent Sherry FitzGerald is looking after the sale.
The vendors have lived an appreciative 12 years in the house and recent work includes an open-plan kitchen/breakfastroom where ceilings are as high as the original ones elsewhere and a long, lantern window over the dining area gives immense light.
The pale maple of the fittings, ashy porcelain floors and granite composite worktops make for a cool, relaxed space which works well with the Zen-like style of the rear garden.
Original windows, shutters, plasterwork, fireplaces and timber flooring have been for the most part preserved and, with white and pale shades dominating, the cool, relaxed mood carries throughout.
There is a comforting amount of relaxed living space in two interconnecting drawingrooms accessed from the dining/breakfast area via two sets of polished oak steps. Divided by double doors, both have ornate fireplaces. There's a black marble fireplace in a front-facing family room, across the hall on this level.
The entrance hallway, and first floor landing, are given interesting light from a leaded window over the return which has a warm expanse of pink glass as well as green and blue insets.
In the main bedroom, where two front facing windows overlook the leafy finery of Rathmines Park, there are original floorboards, a walk-in wardrobe and en suite with shower.
Two other bedrooms are off this first floor landing too, as well as a family bathroom. The fourth bedroom, which is en suite, is on the return.
