While number 22 Congress Gardens has a Glenageary address that also sometimes shows up as Sandycove on the Eircode finder, it is physically situated within hot-coffee distance of Glasthule village. There you will have to queue to shop or eat at Caviston’s, join pals for a pavement table al fresco at numerous other eateries, or wander up to Fitzgerald’s in Sandycove to see if there are any more sightings of Ed Sheeran pulling pints.
The property last sold in 2017 when the current owners paid €540,000 for it as a three-bedroom house, according to the Property Price Register.
They estimate their two-storey extension has added about 17sq m to its size, and its Ber rating has also been vastly improved to an impressive B3.
Smartly comtemporarised, the end-of-terrace house is in turnkey condition. It has a good-size sitting room to the front. Set around a wood-burning stove with polished floorboards underfoot, its chimney breast is painted a Pier Blue colour by Crown Paints.
They installed a guest toilet downstairs between the living room and the separate kitchen, a smart move for many of this style of home has only one bathroom.
Now extending to 97sq m (1,044sq ft), the house also has a light-filled eat-in kitchen. Its bright white units are topped with timber worktops and the splashback is made of metro tiles. The wall above is painted a soothing sage green.
Sliding doors open out to a paved back that is east-facing and where there is a raised bed made of railway sleepers and a storage shed painted a deep grey.
Despite the extension works the owners reduced the number of bedrooms from three to two. This rationale gives them a large landing that they use as a very workable home office.
Both double bedrooms are now a good size and at opposite ends of the house so you could rent a room without feeling on top of each other.
The main bedroom overlooks the back and is adjacent to the bathroom. The roomy study has bookshelves and lounge seating at the top of the stairs, and leads through to a second double to the front.
The house comes with off-street parking for two cars and is seeking €695,000 through Sherry FitzGerald.
