Good as new: City pad in rejuvenated neighbourhood for €245,000

Catherine Shanahan is charmed by a transformed home once described as a 'wreck'

Geraldine Place

WHEN the current owner bought 16 Geraldine Place in 2013, it was, by his own admission, “a bit of a wreck”.

With the help of his father and brother, they transformed the house, knocking an internal wall and adding a roof beam to create a lovely living space/dining area; replacing the downstairs floors, damp-proofing and insulating the walls. Thankfully, the roof was fine and the house was structurally sound. “We got it up to a C2 BER, which is good going for a house built in 1890,” he says.