A Ranelagh mews with views for €650,000

A mews house on Mountpleasant Square, one of Ranelagh’s most desirable addresses, is a rare thing. Most were sold off years ago.

With houses on the square selling for between €1.05 million and €1.25 million in the past few years, according to the Property Price Register, the mews to the rear of number 31, which is asking €650,000 through agents Lisney, may provide an affordable route into the locale.

The cut-stone house was built in 1997 and was put on the market in 2001 with a guide price of €444,401. The current owners bought it in 2009 and put their stamp on it.

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The front door is situated in the pedestrian lane that links Mountpleasant Avenue to the square. Horses and coaches would once have driven along here, and the odd pizza delivery scooter uses the lane as a shortcut.

Classically decorated

The house has a decent entrance, which opens into a formal and classically decorated sittingroom. This is a dark space that probably comes into its own at night when you want to curl up on the sofa. Its window overlooks Richmond Hill and is close enough to the road for a bird’s eye view at rush hour, when the avenue is lined with cars.

Double doors lead from the sittingroom to the property’s key feature, a really bright vaulted room that spans the width of the house.

The dining area has lovely proportions and is lit from above by a bank of roof lights that feed southerly light into the space. It is a room you want to linger in.

Double doors open out on a large brick courtyard that, given its proximity to the big houses on the square, feels very private. It has an easterly aspect.

A U-shaped kitchen, also vaulted and lit by roof lights, occupies one end of the house. While it has no side windows, it feels bright thanks to the natural light overhead and has a Neff hob and oven and a Fisher and Paykel US-style fridge. The property has three bedrooms. From the guest room there are views of the oxidised copper dome of the Church of Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners, one of the area’s most beautiful landmarks.

The middle room is small but perfect for the two tiny beds belonging to the children who live here. The master bedroom has good storage and a smart shower en suite.

The family bathroom has a free-standing tub with a rainwater shower overhead, shielded by a shower curtain. The house comes with an integrated garage that has been subdivided into two spaces. One part remains a garage and is used for storing bikes and buggies. The other part is used as a playroom by the children but doesn’t have any windows or natural light source.

Excluding the garage, which measures 20sq m/222sq ft, the property measures 105sq metres/1,130sq ft.

With the garage otherwise occupied, the current owners use disc parking on the square.