Millmount is a small warren of streets of redbrick terraced houses situated just beyond the bridge, off the main Drumcondra drag. Despite being within a two-minute walk of this busy thoroughfare, the streets are quiet and feel really residential.
Millmount Place runs parallel to the main airport route. Number 2 is an end-of-terrace house that was extended and refurbished by a previous owner in 2001.
The original part of the house has good ceiling heights and the frontroom remains much as it would have been, save for a solid-fuel burning stove inset into the fireplace and arts and crafts-inspired glazed doors replacing the solid wood interconnecting frames.
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Decorative touches
The rest of the ground floor is one big space open to the hall and begins in what would have once been the diningroom. Here numerous decorative touches have been added to this second living room, including a criss-cross effect on the wood-panelled ceiling and a raised fireplace where there is a gas-fired device.
These rooms have been floored in a Merbau semi-solid floor to accommodate the underfloor heating in the E2 rated house.
A dining area gives way to a kitchen, installed in what was originally the hall return. It is set at a lower level and the ceiling heights in here are just two metres high.
To the rear is a lounge area where two couches face each other. Behind are French windows which lead outside to a west-facing deck.
A spiral staircase in the dining area leads you up and past a neat little bathroom with a free-standing bath constructed in the extension. A door leads through to a good bright double bedroom, currently used as a kids’ room and home to a single bed, that is illuminated by a roof-light only.
Another door leads through to a second bedroom that has ceded its window to accommodate the adjoining room, built into the extended house which now measures 132sq m (1426sq ft). This room, while also lit by a roof light, is dark even on a bright day but the interconnecting rooms will suit families with small children.
Light-filled master
In contrast the master bedroom is light-filled and spans the width of the house. There is a good-size shower room on the hall return.
Being the end-terrace house, number 2, a property that is set on the street, has a pedestrian side entrance which means you don’t have to traipse through the house with bins and other waste.
The property also boasts a garden room or home office – a fine big space that would really benefit from the addition of roof lights to take advantage of its westerly aspect, subject to planning.
The property is asking €495,000 through agents SherryFitzGerald.
Parking is on street.
Number 23 Millmount Avenue, a three-bed terraced house around the corner that had an asking price of €445,000 has recently been sale agreed.
Number 3 Millmount Avenue is a two-bedroom terraced house on the opposite side of the street that has been on the market for a while. It is now up for online auction and is looking for offers above €285,000 through agents Kelly Bradshaw Dalton and Leinster Property Auction. The auction takes place on December 11th.
