BALLSBRIDGE: €1.2M:A BRIGHT, open-plan neat house designed by architects Scott Tallon Walker is just a few streets away from a much bigger project by the firm, the new stadium at Lansdowne Road (in conjunction with HOK Sport.)
The house, at 154 Lansdowne Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, was built in the 1990s and is a good example of what was happening in Irish architecture at the time: the rectangular home is white inside and out, has plenty of glass overlooking the gardens front and back, rooflights and good storage.
For sale at €1.2 million through Lisney, the house has a diningroom and kitchen to the front. This has the well-established granite worktop, sleek oak cupboards and metal bar-handles. Appliances by Neff and Siemens are included.
To the rear is a livingroom with a granite chimney piece and French doors onto a back lawn (and car-parking beyond).
The house pivots around a central spiral staircase with a circular rooflight above it.
Below ground is an area that clears useful stuff out of the way. There is a utility room down here, a wine cellar/store room and – becoming more and more usual nowadays what with new technology – a plant room. While the area around the stairs, in the basement, is currently clear, one could imagine throwing coats down the stairs to clear things in a hurry. More storage is provided in the bedrooms upstairs, and cleverly, in hall cupboards.
To keep this open-plan home looking as neat as it does, you need such clutter hideaways. The upstairs bedroom to the front of the house has an en suite shower room with a handsome, solid grey/white granite shower, lots of mirrors and a rooflight.
There is also a rooflight in the main bedroom en suite, which is larger and has a bath. It all looks like a very smart hotel bathroom. The main bedroom opens onto a long, thin terrace overlooking the garden.
There is a third room upstairs, currently used as a study, but which could be a bedroom. Continuing the light touch, this too has large windows and a rooflight.
154 Lansdowne Park, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4
Two/three-bedroom townhouse kept neat-looking by lots of clever storage
Agent: Lisney
