Extended living with cook out option

When the owners of 28 Priory Road bought this property, they extended it significantly, adding a bay window to the front room in what was originally the entire ground floor of the house. Now one well-proportioned dining-cum-living room, it has dual aspect windows, a gas stove and mahogany floors. The large eat-in kitchen to the rear was added in 2004.

It has traditional-style cabinetry, plenty of storage and a lounge area for the children to play in – which leads into a utility room and a downstairs toilet.

In this area, a press has been decorated with newspapers from the 1920s that the owners found under a lino floor in one of the bedrooms.

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French doors open out from the kitchen to a finely planted garden designed by Earl Kavanagh. A barbecue pit is surrounded by a low wall on which the owners put cushions in summer for seating for guests.

It feels really natural with mature planting that is relatively low maintenance but there isn’t room to kick a football.

Upstairs there are two good- sized doubles to the front and a sweet single bedroom with dual aspect windows.

The master bedroom is to the rear. It has laminate flooring, wardrobes covered in a pretty wallpaper and it opens on to a balcony. The room has a windowed en suite bathroom.

Storage units

To the rear of the house, a series of lock-up storage units are rented out. While it means the property isn’t overlooked, it would be wise to investigate their development potential down the line.

Children can use the good-sized green to the front of the house to play.

The Ber D2-rated house, which measures 150sq m (1,615sq ft), is asking €595,000 through agents SherryFitzGerald.

Two doors down, number 24, is sale agreed. The E2 Ber- rated four-bedroom semi-detached property had an asking price of €465,000 through agents McGuirk Beggan Property and sold for €510,000 in August.