Dublin 4: €585,000: The white-painted façades and quiet courtyards of the Adelaide development of townhouses off Strand Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4, give them a style and setting appropriate to their seaside location.
Though number 35 Adelaide is located in the inner courtyard and does not have sea views, its cream and honey coloured interior, together with a Zen-like garden with office/studio, give it a strong sense of its place.
Gunne, the agent for this private treaty sale, is looking for offers in the region of €585,000.
Adelaide was built some 15 years ago and the vendors of number 35, who have lived there for a dozen years, have maximised its potential.
The floor area covered by the two bedrooms, family bathroom and open-plan kitchen / dining / living measures some 74 sq m (800 sq ft) while an en suite attic conversion and the garden office/studio add 23 sq m (250 sq ft) to this.
The ground floor living space opens out from a small entrance lobby and is filled with light from cream-framed French windows leading to the rear garden. The floor in the living/dining area is by Junckers and the classic (gas-fired) fireplace is of sandstone.
Underfoot in the compact, working kitchen there are cream, ceramic Italian tiles while the worktops are of polished, black-grey granite. A futuristic-style glass extractor fan over the hob lends a design interest. Kitchen units at floor and wall level are cream coloured, some with glass panelled fronts.
Off the landing - which is large enough to accommodate a quiet, reading area and is reached via a black, cast-iron spiral staircase climbing from the livingroom - are the main and second bedrooms and family bathroom. The bedroom and landing floors are by Junckers.
The main bedroom has a bank of wardrobes with ornate, frosted glass fronts filling one wall and a window to the front filling another wall. The second bedroom (to the rear) has a bank of similarly fitted wardrobes.
In the bathroom the tongue and groove walls have been painted a creamy colour which blends well with the cream ceramic tiling on the vanity unit/shelf, around the bath/shower and on the floor. There is a toilet, wash-hand basin and hot-press.
The attic conversion (reached by another spiral staircase) has a polished pine floor, Velux window and under-eave storage. The en suite has a toilet, shower and wash-hand basin.
The garden studio/office is fully insulated and has broadband, telephone, heating and an alarm system. A half-door allows the labourer within be at one with the outdoors on those days when the sun shines. There are sandstone stepping-stones in the garden, pebbles lit by spotlights, a water-feature, bamboo wall coverings and a raised, decking area close against the house.
