On a sunny day the views from the floor-to-ceiling windows of 13 Block A Hanover Dock on Dublin's Hanover Quay are very distracting.
You can see the Convention Centre, the arrivals and departures of the ferries at the North Wall, the light bouncing off the Aviva Stadium, the clouds scudding across the Dublin mountains, and the sun glistening on the water at Grand Canal Dock.
Situated on the seventh and eighth floors of the O'Mahony Pike-designed property, the three-bedroom apartment also offers vistas that take in the canal's barge residents and across Dublin Bay to Dún Laoghaire.
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Little wonder that the home office is situated on the far side of the building in the smallest of the property’s three bedrooms where the window looks on to a dull internal courtyard.
The development, by Park Developments, has won several RIAI awards. The 152sq m (1636sq ft) B3-rated property is far finer-looking in real life than in its brochure photographs.
The open-plan kitchen-dining room is a sun-filled space. The kitchen part of the room is small and galley in style and houses a Siematic design. A dining table big enough to seat 10 is positioned to take in the views.
You could imagine guests inviting themselves over for a glass of wine to enjoy watching the world go by from the room’s 12sq m south-facing terrace.
On it Mediterranean-style potted plants flourish.
Upstairs, the sizeable livingroom with small study area has sliding doors that open on to another terrace, 30sq m, that wraps around the building.
The apartment has three double bedrooms. Adjacent to the kitchen-diningroom the master has an en suite, floor to ceiling glazing and a wall of wardrobes.
Slim Venetian blinds offer immediate privacy. The second double has dual aspect windows and the third is currently the home office.
The property comes to the market with two parking spaces and is asking €1.1million through agents Hooke & MacDonald who say it would rent for €3,500 per month.
