Victorian redbrick in Dublin 9

A terraced house at 7 Botanic Road in Glasnevin is for sale through Property Partners O’Brien Swaine for €699,950. The four-bedroom terraced redbrick has been renovated and extended and as there are three floors to the rear it feels as spacious as its roomy 153sq m.

The Victorian house has those sought-after period features – stained glass in the front door, stained and polished floorboards in the hall and high ceilings and slate fireplaces with their original decorative tile surrounds in the living rooms. These living rooms interconnect – the front has a deep bay while the back has a single door out to the patio. At the rear of the house, in a single-storey extension, is the kitchen which has a utility area and, at the far end, a shower room. The kitchen has been fitted out with smart white units with a dark granite worktop and dark floor tiles.

Upstairs the main bedroom runs the width of the house and there are three more bedrooms, two doubles and a single. The fourth bedroom is at the top of the house in the back return, which was extended to make space. The family bathroom has been updated in recent years.

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Low-maintenance

The owners have taken the concept of a low maintenance garden very seriously with both the front and back gardens landscaped to include patches of artificial grass as well as low maintenance planting.

About 20 years ago the double garage at the back was built – access is via Iona Road – and it answers what will probably be the first question prospective buyers ask: “What about parking” – as this house is at the Hart’s Corner end of Botanic Road where at times even stopping outside the house might prove difficult.

The price is strong even for this popular Glasnevin road lined mostly with large period redbricks. In the past four years no house has made anything like the asking price for number 7 which is just shy of €700,000. The last house to sell on the road was in May when number 166 at the Botanic Gardens end sold for €522,000.

This house is located just a terrace away from what will, if the planning is approved, be a significant development when the old Smurfit site is developed for housing.