Modern makoever in Booterstown

CO DUBLIN: €595,000:A LATE 19th century house got a thoroughly modern makeover in the early noughties when an American couple bought and extended it. They now live abroad and are selling 29 Booterstown Avenue, Booterstown, Co Dublin.

Some of the sheen has gone off the 197sq m (2,120sq ft) three-bed a few years after that makeover, but it’s still a handsome period home with modern features such as the integrated music system (controlled from every room) and video intercoms.

It’s conveniently located too, a five-minute walk from the Booterstown Dart station and just down the road from a national school and St Andrews secondary school.

The 197sq m (2,120sq ft) house is for sale for €595,000 through agent Lisney.

There are just three rooms (as well as the understairs toilet) downstairs, but they’re big, and they have the features common to most rooms in the house: original polished wooden floorboards and large marble fireplaces with cast-iron inset.

The livingroom, at the front of the house, opens into the large diningroom: both are painted white and bright.

The modern kitchen extension is a long room with a brick fireplace and the currently popular pot-bellied cast-iron stove (its brand is called Fatso). It has granite worktops, a big double oven and a seven-ring gas hob. It opens into the walled back garden: this is paved with Indian sandstone and has plenty of room for al fresco dining.

Upstairs there’s a double bedroom and a shower room on the large return and two more bedrooms up a couple of steps towards the front of the house. These both have wooden floors, large fireplaces and glass-windowed wardrobes.

There is a handsome, fully-tiled en suite bathroom off the main bedroom at the front, with double sinks.

There is residents’ parking on Booterstown Avenue.

29 Booterstown Avenue, Booterstown, Co Dublin

Late-19th-century house of 197sq m (2,120sq ft) with three bedrooms, period features and a modern kitchen extension, within walking distance of the Dart.

Agent: Lisney