Victorian era townhouse in popular spot near city

Dublin 8/€875,000: An end-of-terrace four-bedroom townhouse at 49 Synge Street is expected to make over €875,000 at a Lisney auction on July 7th.

Houses on these roads off the city end of the South Circular Road in Dublin 8 have been fetching strong prices in recent times because they come with a hard-to-beat combination of period features and proximity to the city centre.

This one is likely to appeal to buyers who want a lot of living space and who are prepared to trade off the convenience of being close to the city centre for a garden.

This two-storey house is one of two similar redbricks on the street and it was completely refurbished by the previous owners and further updated by the young family who presently live here.

At 186 sq m (2,000 sq ft) the Victorian house is larger than it appears on the outside because there is a good-sized return and a large attic.

The current owners have lived here for eight years and did some smart upgrading, particularly in the main bedroom, where they installed stylish wall-to-wall built-in wardrobes, and the family bathroom which now has a free-standing bath and designer touches, such as a marble topped vanity unit.

Downstairs there are two good-sized interconnecting reception rooms with marble fireplaces and decorative cornice work on the high ceilings. The front room is set out as a formal diningroom, the back as a livingroom. There is a guest wc under the stairs.

The eat-in kitchen is well furnished with cream-painted units and opens out onto a small patio via large glazed sliding doors.

Upstairs, the first of the four bedrooms is in the return and it is a good-sized double decorated as a child's playroom. Beside it is what was once the family bathroom but it has now been renovated and changed into a large, modern shower room. Up a couple of steps and there are two more bedrooms, a double at the back of the house, and the main bedroom and the family bathroom to the front.

Up at attic level there is a very large bedroom with Velux windows and there is also a well-finished shower room. Residential disc parking is available on Synge Street.