Redbrick in Terenure for €620,000

Lavarna Road is part of an old, established estate tucked away off the Kimmage Crossroads end of Terenure Road West. The bay redbrick fronted house was refurbished 11 years ago when the present owners bought it.

They extended it to 112sq m (1,205sq ft) by converting the garage into a fine kitchen that runs the depth of the house. It has quartz countertops and a separate utility room to keep noisy appliances out of earshot. French windows open out into the fine size northeast facing garden which extends to more than 60ft.

What makes this house interesting is a canny move by its vendors to apply for planning permission, which was granted earlier this year, for a sizeable two-storey extension.

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The design by ODKM Architects would reduce the garden size somewhat, but give the home at ground floor level a very desirable large open plan kitchen, living, dining room to the rear and a playroom to the front. Currently, the house has two interconnecting reception rooms. The permission is valid for five years.

There are three bedrooms upstairs, two good sized doubles and a decent single. The refurbished bathroom is bright and roomy and has the shower in the bath. If the next owner were to follow the ODKM plans the property would become a four-bed with three large doubles and a master bedroom, complete with en suite to the rear.

All this hypothetical work comes with a cost. The house which has a C3 Ber is asking €620,000 through agents DNG.

Around the corner, number 38 Lavarna Grove, a four-bedroom, two bathroom detached property is asking €895,000 through the same agents. Maher Gleeson Estates sold 30 Lavarna Road, needing refurbishment, for its asking price, €630,000. Number five Lavarna Grove sold for €615,000 in December 2012. The house has off-street parking for up to three cars.