Dublin 8: €430,000: Number 17 Woodfield Terrace in Inchicore, Dublin 8 is quite a find: a two-bedroom Victorian house with a gorgeous interior and a reasonable asking price.
On the market at €430,000 through Campion Property, it's the home of Rosemary Whelan, an antiques dealer who also edits Antiques & Period Property magazine.
The 96sq m (1,038sq ft) redbrick has been renovated in contemporary style using natural materials, like wood and glass, to show off both the new proportions and the house's traditional features. The hall leads into an open livingroom with stair rising from the back and the whole house has been newly floored in polished Canadian oak while doors and double glazed sash windows are hardwood with walls painted in soft almond white.
The high ceilinged livingroom retains its original cast-iron Victorian fireplace and its sense of spaciousness is enhanced by an open corridor and sandblasted double doors at the back, leading to a dining area and the kitchen. The kitchen is brightly lit with two electronically operated skylights and pitched glass roof section. Fitted with Shaker-style wood units and island unit, it has an integrated fridge freezer, dishwasher, washer dryer, gas hob and electric oven. Around the corner is a dining area lit with Murano glass wall fixtures and painted in a pale chalky blue.
A row of shallow storage presses on a little corridor and a cloakroom complete the downstairs.
A new, open flight of oak stairs leads to two stylish bedrooms, both with oak flooring. The main bedroom is at the back and has the bathroom off it, painted chalky blue and with Italian Sottini fixtures and walk-in shower, with electronically operated Velux window.
The second bedroom is a lovely room with two windows to the front, its original cast-iron fireplace and wooden flooring. The clever use of cherrywood fitted presses gives the room great versatility while a Murphy bed pulls down smoothly to change this dressingroom/study into a second or guest bedroom.
The courtyard garden to the rear has double doors to a cul-de-sac while the little front garden, designed by Arthur Shackleton, has sandstone paving, a fig tree and a bed of mature herbs and grasses.
