A large open-plan kitchen/breakfast/familyroom extension with a near fully glazed back wall overlooking a deck and landscaped garden is the most striking feature of a suburban house in Cabinteely, Dublin 18.

Refurbished in the past decade, 71 Shrewsbury Lawn, a detached 243sq m (2,615sq ft) four-bed in this cul-de-sac is for sale through Lisney for €795,000. It's one of over a hundred 1970s houses with steeply pitched roofs in this suburban estate off Johnstown Road, close to the junction with the N11.

The garden backs on to the N11 but, protected by a high wall and very high hedging, you can’t see it, although you can hear the hum of traffic.

A cobblelocked front, with room to park several cars, leads to a covered entrance and a front door with stained glass windows.

A wide livingroom/diningroom opens off the timber-floored hall, looking on to the front through two large picture windows. The livingroom fireplace has a raised hearth and a very large, rather dominating stone chimneybreast.

Japanese look

There’s a smart fitted study with red walls and a timber floor off the downstairs hall near the rear of the house as well as a small double bedroom and a smart shower room.

The extension at the back accommodates a kitchen/breakfastroom with beech units, a breakfast bar, polished black granite countertops and an island unit, and familyroom with a solid fuel stove. (There’s a utility room off the front hall.)

Wide glazed doors in a wall of windows at the back of the kitchen/familyroom open onto a partly covered deck, with a pebble water feature creating a Japanese look. Steps lead up to a 50ft lawn with lots of mature shrubs and trees.

There are three more bedrooms upstairs, two doubles and a single, and a family bathroom. There’s plenty of storage, with fitted wardrobes in bedrooms and on the landing, and also under eaves. The main bedroom has a smart en suite and a small dressingroom.

It’s a fairly short walk from number 71 to access Kilbogget Park, a major green space in Cabinteely; there’s also a pedestrian path from Shrewsbury up to the N11.