2 The Sunday Times April 23, 2017 MOVE COUNTRYPILE NICEMOVES €199,900 FOURTOVIEW THISWEEK BESTOFBOTHWORLDSDUBLIN6W No 27 Ashfield Park in Terenure, Dublin, is a house of two halves: to the front it’s in Edwardian style, with high ceilings, chandeliers, carpets and bay windows. To the back, it’s all modern sloping roofs, spotlights, tiles and patio doors. The house was extended in 2008 to include the living area to the rear off an updated kitchen. The back garden is laid out in three courtyards, with mirrors that bounce the sunlight off the walls back into the house. In the original part of the house are two connecting reception rooms, three bedrooms and a bathroom. ,000 Agent: felicityfox.ie €800 They say: Ashfield Park is a quiet mature setting close to Terenure Village We say: It looks luxurious. High-tech home on ancient land DOCKLANDSDUPLEXDUBLIN1 When the duplex penthouse apartments at Clarion Quay in Dublin’s north docklands Visual artist Edain O’Donnell traded life overhead, a utility room, separate sitting the house was used.” The house has were launched off the plans Tobar Gheal is a in Dublin city for the Roscommon coun- room and three bedrooms on the ground underfloor central heating, an Aga and a in 2001, they had price tags tryside back in 2008, selling her two-up, floor. Two have en suite bathrooms, and central vacuum system. of IR£400,000 (€507,900), contemporary two-down Drumcondra house and mov- there are two walk-in wardrobes. It looks over the plains of Boyle, is at and the scheme won an ing to a 260 sq metre, four-bedroom The fourth bedroom and en suite bath- the foot of the Curlew Mountains and is architectural award. house surrounded detached home in Boyle. O’Donnell room are on the first floor. O’Donnell set close to the 800-hectare Lough Key forest No 17, a three-bedroom wanted her two small children to grow up up an art studio on the mezzanine. “It park. “It is archaeologically intensely duplex penthouse on the by prehistoric ruins in the countryside, and chose Boyle, “a was a great place to write and be crea- rich. There are two ring forts within view fifth and sixth floors, extends in Roscommon, gold mine for traditional Irish music”. tive,” she says. “It would lend itself won- of the house,” says O’Donnell, who has to 92 sq metres, with a 36 sq Tobar Gheal, which means Bright derfully to a yoga teacher as it has inde- moved to Clonakilty in Cork. metre roof garden, and has a 00 Well, was built in 2004, on nearly an acre pendent access.” Agent: REA Brady, realestatealliance.ie living room, dining area and 75,0 writes Linda Daly of land, where O’Donnell and the chil- O’Donnell says the house was perfect They say: Close to schools, and all town galley style kitchen on the €4 dren started a vegetable garden. for raising her two daughters. “Especially centre amenities lower floor. Upstairs you’ll The house has a cherrywood kitchen/ for children, it’s an amazing high- We say: It’s a contemporary home sur- find three bedrooms, an en dining and sitting area with a mezzanine functioning space. Every square inch of rounded by all things traditional. suite and a bathroom. Agent: owenreilly.ie They say: The new Central Bank of Ireland building has added a focal point. CITYSLICKER We say: There is an underground parking space. Back in the day you would have paid €30,000 for that. TONY HEALY €600,000 SECLUDEDMEWSDUBLIN14 If Deerpark estate in Mount Merrion is beyond your budget, nearby No 3 Hollywood Mews in Goatstown could be a more affordable (and secluded) alternative. Just off the Mount Anville Road, this 98 sq metre two- bedroom house has a living room to the front and a kitchen with breakfast bar and dining area to the back. Upstairs are two double 5,000 bedrooms with walk-in €46 wardrobes. There’s off-street parking to the front and a garden to the rear. Agent: knightfrank.ie They say: There is a range of leisure facilities nearby including Deerpark, Airfield Estate, Marlay Park and UCD sports grounds. We say: It’s one for downsizers from the area. PERIODPIECECODUBLIN No 3 Rockford Terrace in Blackrock looks as if it’s been captured in a moment in time, with floral carpets, tiled fireplaces and even a carpeted bathroom. New owners will be itching to pull up those carpets, tear out the kitchen and get refurbishing. This redbrick period house has lots of potential. It From a shell to a show house measures around 75 sq metres and has two double bedrooms, but there is a garage to the side, and No 18 Geraldine Street in If you’ve ever written off a wreck of a The owner replaced the brick rear beautiful homes, sold last year for storage sheds to the rear, house or failed to see the potential of a return with a bright and stylish kitchen/ €429,000 and €500,000 respectively. that could be replaced with a Phibsborough has been ramshackle Victorian pile, then look at sitting area. That’s not to take away from what No snazzy extension that wraps the before and after pictures of No 18 The kitchen opens into an internal 18 has to offer. It’s a good 20 sq metres around to the back. transformed from Geraldine Street in Phibsborough and courtyard, while from the sitting room, bigger than both of its neighbours for Agent: finneganmenton.ie a boarded-up wreck to a hang your head in shame. floor-to-ceiling glazed doors open out to a starters. They say: Situated on the 00 Last October, No 18 was a 65 sq metre, small garden at the back. The new Luas line is within walking Deansgrange Road with easy 25,0 three-bedroom luxury one-bedroom boarded-up shell, which Geraldine Street has been one of north distance, so Phibsborough’s cachet will access to all Blackrock and €4 pad, writes Linda Daly sold for €225,500. Dublin’s best kept secrets in recent years, rise when it finally comes on line in Monkstown have to offer Its developer owner has transformed it with its pretty Victorian villas backing December. We say: Investors will be all into a 120 sq metre, three-bedroom ter- on to Blessington Street Basin. Royal Agent: movehome.ie over this. raced show house. Dark walnut Junckers Canal Bank and Phibsborough village are They say: A captivating and stylishly pre- floors lead from the hall through to the close by. sented interior front room, now a master bedroom with No 18 is the priciest to come on the We say: This is a decent refurb and one Editorial [email protected] en suite shower room. market to date. No 45 and No 50, two hell of a flip. MOVE Advertising For all property enquiries call 01 479 2482.