A three-bedroom A-rated house on the fringes of Dublin city centre is not something that you see too often. Hawthorn Close was built in 2016 on an infill site in East Wall, Dublin 3. The three houses that make up the micro-development have the benefit of being energy efficient, while also being in a mature, established community a short walk from the capital’s main streets.
The scheme was built by Ballymastone Properties on the land of a now-demolished end-of-terrace cottage at the back of Hawthorn Avenue. Number 2 has come to the market through Owen Reilly with an asking price of €525,000.
The Dublin 3 site may be small, but the two-storey property has a floor area of 100sq m (1,076sq ft). Once inside the door, the scale of the rooms can be appreciated straight away. The wide hallway has a guest loo, where the washing machine is hidden away in a custom-built unit.
Internal glazed doors allow the light to travel through the rooms on the ground floor. To one side is the livingroom with engineered wooden flooring, and to the other is the kitchen. The kitchen is fully fitted with wall and floor units as well as integrated appliances.
There are three bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs. The main bedroom is large enough to comfortably accommodate a super king-size bed, while the smallest bedroom has been converted into a home office. The attic can be accessed from the landing via a Stira staircase.
Two years ago, the rear garden underwent a makeover, which involved the laying of artificial grass and the building of raised flower beds along the walls and a patio area at the back.
Number 2′s A Ber rating can be attributed to the PV solar panels on the roof and a gas-fired central heating system with zoned heating controls. There is a designated parking space outside the house and the owners have installed a private EV charging point.
The owners have lived in East Wall for more than a decade and have loved the sense of community and diversity in the area. Although there is a bus stop just around the corner on Church Road, they tend to go everywhere on foot, with the city, Clontarf, the IFSC and Point Village all within comfortable walking distance.
Investing in a home at Hawthorn Close may be in interesting prospect for employees of companies with offices nearby such as Oracle and Virgin Media in Eastpoint Business Park, or PwC and Salesforce on the quays, safe in the knowledge that the commute to work will never be lengthy.
