DUBLIN 8: €485,000INCHICORE IN Dublin 8 is a little slice of old Dublin that's been regenerated thanks in part to the Luas and also to Continental influences from the likes of Mick Wallace's Enoteca Torina. Tyrconnell Park is in a quiet and mature estate just off the village's main drag.
Number 80 is a roomy, 1930s terraced house with a traditional front garden.
It has been lovingly refurbished by its owners architects Gillian Murphy and John Austin of Murphy Austin Architects.
The house measures 89.9sq m (967.78sq ft) and is for sale by private treaty through agent Felicity Fox for €485,000.
The compact hall has some lovely features, including an Art Deco-style bannister and timber panelled doors with chrome door knobs, all original to the house.
There are two reception rooms, a sittingroom and a livingroom, which have glass panelled interconnecting doors.
A second set of doors, this time sliding and made of opaque glass, open onto the bright kitchen and diningroom.
The kitchen has a vaulted, one-and-a-half-height ceiling with glazing illuminating the space from multiple angles.
It's bright and airy and a room you could spend a lot of time in. Carlson terraced doors open on to the decked back yard which is surrounded by built-in seating with hinged tops for outdoor storage. The garden is south-east facing.
The back of the extension is faced in stack-bonded redbrick which gives the property a slick external finish. There is also pedestrian rear access.
Parallel to the diningroom is the utility room, housed in what was originally the kitchen. It has concertinaed floor-to-ceiling door panels to accommodate the washer and drier as well as loads of additional storage.
There's also a second access into the kitchen which includes a small built-in desk for homeworkers.
Upstairs, there are three bedrooms: two doubles and a single. The doubles both have smart built-in wardrobes.
There is also a wonderful bathroom complete with sunken bath for relaxing in after a hard day. The bathroom also has a separate shower.
The exterior and interior have both been very sympathetically refurbished with every single detail considered right down to the new double-glazed windows built in the fashion of the originals. The house is in walk-in condition.
