New townhouses for city living in Harold’s Cross from €750,000

Hidden off the very busy Harold’s Cross Road is Greenmount Avenue, a narrow road that leads to the Greenmount Industrial Estate, a small enclave of warehouses that are home to production companies, dance and yoga studios. At its centre is a fine brick-built former mill building. The issue of re-zoning this estate to residential use was raised last year, but for now that hasn’t happened.

Just before the entrance to this work zone is Greenmount Court, an L-shaped street of mainly brick-fronted houses. Greenmount Court is a small new infill scheme, comprising numbers 17, 18 and 19, a terrace of three townhouses with a Ber of A2.

The houses are deceptively large, extending to between 130sq m and 140sq m (1,400-1507sq ft), across three floors. Designed by architect Patrick M Kerr for developer Greenmount Homes, they offer a lot of living space.

The homes have aluminium doors and windows by Architectural Glazing and Maintenance and the front door opens into a roomy hall with an internal guest toilet. The living space runs front to back and is dual aspect. It has a stylish anthracite kitchen by BeSpace, which faces the front; a lovely sitting room to the rear overlooks a west-facing courtyard, thanks to its L-shaped glazing.

There is a utility room to the back that houses the air-to-water heat pump and laundry appliances, all hidden behind a door to keep the noise down. The lay out also gives a lot of privacy, with good delineation between the kitchen and sitting areas. Underfoot there is a smart large-format tile by Tile Merchant, which at this level is warmed by underfloor heating.

There are two double bedrooms on the first floor. The room to the back is enormous and has a sun room area with floor to ceiling glazing as well as a roof light. While it has been staged by the developer as a sitting room, and is listed on its floor plans as a winter garden, it would also work as a beautiful dressing area or home office. It gets both morning and southern light. This room has full use of the family-size bathroom adjacent to it for the second double has a shower en suite with a window. All the bathrooms have smart black Sonas hardware.

On the second floor is another sizeable double bedroom with an internal shower en suite, while across the hall is a light-filled study that would give a couple space to work from home. This would also work as a nursery for a family with small children.

The location is ultra-quiet yet within a two-minute walk of multiple bus corridoors into the city centre. The canal is a five-minute walk away, as is Harold’s Cross Park, a triangular patch of green at the village centre that has a playground and was frequented by locals during lockdown for picnic get-togethers. Despite the proximity to a Dublin 6 address, the homes are listed as having a Dublin 12 eircode.

The end-of-terrace showhouse, number 17, extends to 140sq m (1,507sq ft) and is asking €840,000, complete with contents. The mid-terrace unit, number 18, measures 138sq m (1,480sq ft) and is asking €765,000 while the other end-of-terrace unit, number 19, of 130sq m(1,399sq ft), is asking €750,000. The selling agent is DNG.

These truly are townhouses, for the only outside spaces are to the rear. These average about 12.5sq m, come with pedestrian rear access and are where you will need to store bins and bikes. There is one on-street disc-parking space available per unit.

Also for sale is a commercial unit, which is seeking €300,000.