Temple Bar/€575,000: A neat three-bedroom apartment is for sale in Crane Lane, Temple Bar through Sherry FitzGerald looking for offers in the region of €575,000.
Situated on the third floor of an apartment scheme designed by Derek Tynan Architects and completed in 2000, the apartment is being sold by its original owner. Situated close to the Clarence Hotel, Crane Lane is rather shabby, and you would need your wits about you here late at night.
But the architects have countered this by creating a quiet enclave within the scheme which surrounds a courtyard - it is a serene, secure space in the heart of the city.
Number 23 Craneyard offers a lesson in how to create a light-filled, three-bedroom home in a tight plot. The generously-sized main livingroom has large, coated-aluminium framed windows looking on to Crane Lane, as does the main bedroom, reached through a sliding door.
The owner has chosen to abandon all window dressings in this apartment, reasoning that the rooms aren't really overlooked. The two bedrooms, on the other side of the apartment, facing the courtyard, are also blind and curtain-free.
One of these is small, while the other is larger and benefits from huge windows. They both have mirrored floor-to-ceiling wardrobes, no doubt designed to bounce the light around, as do the walls - the apartment is painted completely white.
The two bedrooms that are next to each other share easy access to the main bathroom, with toilet, basin and bath, while the main bedroom has its own en suite, with shower, toilet and tiny basin. Following the one-colour scheme, the bathrooms are tiled in white.
These two bedrooms and the bathroom are in a more conventional layout, leading off from a hallway to the left of the front door which also houses a hot press. The livingroom forms the hub and flows through to the main bedroom on one side, and through to the kitchen which is separated from the living area by a broken wall, comprising two doorways each side of a solid central wall.
The galley kitchen runs along the opposite, outside wall, with a window facing the courtyard.
