Edenvale Road is one of the redbrick-lined streets that link the local Catholic Church of the Holy Name with Beechwood Road, where there is a green line Luas stop. While within short walking distance of the main drag of the village, these homes are far enough away to feel blissfully suburban with no late-night revelry.
Lined with cherry, apple and mimosa trees, their confetti-like blossoms show that spring has really sprung. Many of the period redbricks here are semi-detached, which gives you valuable pedestrian side access, handy for kids of school-going age to store bikes out the back.
Number 55 is on the sunny side of the street, just a few doors down from the church and its grounds. It has a southwest-facing garden and, following significant works, it is now in walk-in condition. Set over two floors and with an impressive B3 rating, the house now extends to 162sq m (1,743sq ft).
A path with original faded tiles leads to the front door which opens into a roomy hall with polished timber floors underfoot. The same flooring is carried through the interconnecting reception rooms with the livingroom, to the front, enjoying morning sunshine, thanks to its bay window.
The owners hired architect Flavio Lombardo to do the preliminary design. He suggested a small L-shape extension to take advantage of its southwest-facing aspect and estimates he only added about 10sq m (108sq ft) to its original footprint. That additional space and the judicious use of glazing have transformed the return into a light-filled kitchen-cum-livingroom. It includes built-in window seating for up to 12 people, while the tiled space opens out to the garden via large sliding glass doors.
The installation of a traditional half door in the delphinium blue-painted kitchen means that the parents of small children can open the top half to ventilate the room while keeping the kids corralled – it’s a breezy and safe solution, especially when cooking.
The owners cleverly set aside some space for an adjoining guest toilet with a window and moved the laundry appliances out to a cupboard under the stairs to keep the noise down.
While the garden is not huge, it is gloriously private. Enjoying a southwest-facing aspect it gets plenty of sun.
Two of its four bedrooms are on the hall return with the family bathroom, which has a freestanding bath and separate shower.
A good-sized double bedroom overlooks the garden. Next to it is the smallest bedroom, for the owners hived some space off to enlarge the family bathroom. In an era of hybrid working it is a very valuable asset to a home, giving you an office space with a door you can shut for video-call privacy. It could also become a nursery.
There are two very smartly appointed doubles on the first floor. The back room is painted duck-egg blue. The main is a fine room that spans the front of the property. Painted in Farrow & Ball’s Light Blue, a colour that looks a soft green in daylight, there are acorn motifs on the tiled panel insets of its open fire, which symbolise good luck and prosperity.
According to the Property Price Register, the property sold in 2012 for €630,000. Now in walk-in condition, with all the hard work done, agent DNG is seeking €1.475 million for the smartly appointed family home.
