On rainy days that 20minute walk can be abandoned in favour of the train - the house is just minutes from Drumcondra railway station - and there is a good range restaurants, bakeries, shops, schools and churches on the doorstep.

Still looking at the benefits of the great outdoors, number 43 has a sunny rear garden with access to the Royal Canal (running parallel to the property) at Binn's Bridge, and the upstairs bedrooms have a view out onto the water.

This is a quaint road, surrounded by similar terraces of late Victorian redbricks all within a long-established residential area.

The house, with 67sq m (721sq ft) of floor space, has been refurbished to a comfortable, modern standard, with accommodation comprising the entrance hall, a spacious livingroom cumdiningroom, and a large kitchen. Upstairs are the two bedrooms - one double and one single - and a bathroom with shower, whb and wc. Not all of the period features remain, save, for example, the original fireplace in the living room.

Also, those set on a strict Victoriana façade may want to replace the front door for an older, panelled design, but this is a bright, warm home, benefiting from that handy location, sun-trap garden to the rear, with plenty more scope for another fresh interior stamp behind those stately red bricks.

Price: �?�500,000
Agent: Lisney 01-884 0700