Maryland is a part of Dublin 8 that links Cork Street to James Street and Loreto Road, just off Marrowbone Lane, is a small street of former corporation homes.
Number 18 is owned by a builder, Shane Doherty of Ibis Construction, who specialises in residential renovations.
His works on the property show off exactly how to smartly upgrade and extend a mid-terraced concrete-built home. The works have turned it from an unloved abode of 78sq m (840sq ft) with a BER of G into a pristine property of 107sq m (1,152sq ft) that now boasts a toasty B2 BER.
Five years ago, he bought it for €225,000, according to the Property Price Register. It had been seeking €250,000.
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Then a three-bedroom house, but with just one bathroom downstairs, one of the features that appealed was its 30m (100ft) north-west facing garden, which was in a sorry state.
Now, following extensive works that included a full insulation upgrade, new windows, floors, kitchen and bathrooms, it is back on the market seeking €475,000 through Sherry FitzGerald.
It is still listed as a three-bedroom house but the layout now sees two double bedrooms upstairs. The third bedroom has become a smart bathroom.
What is being called the third bedroom is currently used as a second living space downstairs, a TV room/playroom to the front of the property.
The layout opens into a hall where under the stairs is now an open space to better accommodate bulky items such as a buggy and other children’s toys with a stylish panelling effect, painted a fashionable black, drawing the eye up the stairwell.
There’s an internal laundry room to the rear of the TV room and adjoining it is a downstairs shower room. This has a window that looks out to a small and sheltered courtyard where the family enjoys a cup of coffee on weekend mornings.
This design brings light into what would otherwise be an internal hall and makes the large, open-plan kitchen/dining/living room to the rear a dual-aspect space that opens out to the now-pristine garden.
The anthracite-coloured kitchen and black metro-tiled splashback was made by Carndonagh Kitchens.
The garden has a paved dining terrace that steps up to a green area laid in artificial grass so the kids can kick a ball about in peace.
This was a lockdown project and it is still a very decent length, about 17m, the owner estimates.
Once it was completed, he started work on the rather cool garden room, which is an office/home bar, perfect for Friday evening drinks. There’s also an interior room and shower room. All told, it extends to 22sq m.
The flat-roofed house has off-street parking for one car and is a short walk to the red line Luas stop at Fatima.
