KILLEEN ROAD is one of those quiet Victorian redbrick roads in the heart of Ranelagh which has distant views of the Dublin mountains. Number 27 was built around 1890 and was serving time in bed-sits when the vendors moved in and began refurbishing it three years ago.
The result, a thoughtful retention of its Victorian origins seamlessly blended with a two-storey rear addition, makes for a relaxed, stylish and family-friendly house.
The 145sq m (1,560sq ft) three-bedroom house has two reception rooms, an open-plan kitchen-cum-breakfastroom-cum family room, and small gardens front and rear.
A large attic space, typically converted in many Killeen Road houses, could make an extra bedroom and/or study.
Douglas Newman Good is looking after the private treaty sale and the asking price is €895,000.
The ground floor open-plan extension is an easy-living area where the ceiling has a glass atrium and where a wall of windows overlooks the garden/patio. Surrounding walls give privacy; there is a door to a laneway with vehicular access.
High old trees behind this, belonging to the large gardens of Palmerston Road, make for additional privacy and a pleasant backdrop. Co-ordination in the open-plan extension is pleasant: a marble breakfastroom table is built into a cherrywood wall panel similar to cherrywood shelving on another wall.
The floor is of taupe coloured Italian ceramic and the splash-back in the galley-style kitchen is in red glass. Worktops are of polished, silt stone.
The traditional ground floor reception rooms have an original pair of cast-iron fireplaces with inset tiles and the interconnecting double doors have been given glass panels. The walls are a cool apple green. All of the front facing sash windows have been remade and double glazed.
The main bedroom is to the rear and, with its bed tucked into an alcove and an en suite in the extension, cleverly gives the impression of a separate suite. The ceilings are high, the bedroom has a cast-iron fireplace and the en suite is large enough for a double shower and two wash-hand basins.
The other good-sized bedrooms are to the front and have sash windows. The family bathroom, on the return, is a sharper apple green with mosaic tiling and Fired Earth sanitary ware.
DUBLIN 6: €895,000:27 Killeen Road, Ranelagh, D6, refurbished three-bed Victorian redbrick has a two-storey extension at rear
Agent: Douglas Newman Good
