DUBLIN 9 €1.3M:FOR SALE signs outside large, completely renovated houses in Glasnevin have been thin on the ground for the past while so this house at 94 Iona Road should test the market.
The four-bedroom house is for sale at €1.3 million through Sherry FitzGerald and it’s an unusual house for the area in that it wasn’t built by the famous late Victorian builder Alexander Strain and it’s not a typical redbrick period property. Plus, the house, which dates from 1905, is detached, again fairly unusual on a road of mostly semis. It was built by the church as a fund-raiser and it was raffled with tickets costing one penny, hence its nickname, The Penny House.
The current owners bought eight years ago and refurbished and extended at the time so that it is now a comfortable, stylish home with 204sq m (2,200sq ft) and a family-friendly layout. Keen-eyed readers may feel they have seen inside this house before, as this home of a graphic designer has been featured in many interiors magazines.
Downstairs there are three reception rooms. The smaller to the front is used as a playroom although it would make a great home office and it’s a particularly attractive room in that has windows in two walls.
The second reception room is also to the front and this connects with the back room via an arch making for a single large space, ideal for entertaining. Double doors open from here into the newly extended kitchen which runs the width of the back of the house and is a bright space with great access to the garden.
The young family spend most time here and, as well as a dining area, there’s space for a couple of sofas at one end and smart contemporary kitchen units, plus a Corian-topped island at the other. Also downstairs is a good-sized utility room, a guest toilet and a cloakroom. Upstairs there are four bedrooms, the main one, a large double to the front has an en suite shower-room. There are three other bedrooms and the most unusual is at the back of the house.
When the owners renovated they did a big job on this room, raising the ceiling, exposing the red brick walls, adding timber beams and a maple floor and installing rooflights. The family bathroom features stylish, contemporary fittings and fixtures.
The mature back garden is not overlooked and the front garden is well planted and has room to park a car.
94 Iona Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
Four-bedroom period house with stylish interior and large garden
Agent:Sherry FitzGerald
