4 Castleforbes Road, Dublin 1, Dublin

LOCATION
The property is located on Castleforbes Road in Dublin’s North Wall Docklands area. It is adjacent to Sheriff Street Upper, Mayor Street Upper and East Wall Road. Castleforbes Road is situated close to the IFSC and is located just behind the Point Depot Village and Spencer Dock both of which are currently under construction. The adjoining block of apartments is 7 storey’s high with frontage onto Castleforbes Road and the apartment block to the rear is 5 storey’s high.

DESCRIPTION
The property comprises a 2 storey building with storage area at basement level to the rear. The premises is accessed through an entrance at the front of the building and has immediate frontage onto Castleforbes Road. Its current use is residential.

Built c.140 years ago, the property is of traditional construction with timber floors, rendered brick and block under a pitched slated roof. The property has its original timber framed windows to the front of house and replacement PVC double glazed windows to the rear. The property is in complete need of renovation.

ZONING
The property lies in an area zoned Z14 ‘to seek the social, economic and physical development of rejuvenation of an area with mixed use of which residential or ‘Z6’would be the predominate uses’ in the Dublin City Development Plan 2005-2011.

Entrance Hall

Livingroom (5.17m x 4.42m) with open fireplace

Kitchen (3.8m x 3.78m) located in the return area. There is a Pantry area off the kitchen with a door leading out to a storage area.

First Floor

No. 1 Bedroom (6.95m x 5.04m) with built in wardrobes

No. 2 Bedroom (6.4m x 4.13m) with small box bedroom off

No. 3 Bedroom (2.72m x 0.4m) (box bedroom)

Bathroom with electric Mira shower (0.28m x 2.71m)

Basement level – currently used as work shop and has access down from the main house.

Outside
Yard to the back of the house (3.44m x 6.34m)