DUBLIN 4: €595,000:ONE of the villa-style houses by Merrion Gates has come on the market, asking €595,000 through Sherry FitzGerald.

Number 272 Merrion Road is a short walk from the shops by Merrion Church and from St Vincent’s Hospital. It’s also just around the corner from Merrion Strand for joggers and dog walkers.

The house was given a complete makeover in 2005, with the entire hall level blasted out to make one large room that runs the length and depth of the house with a high beamed ceiling overhead.

The front door, up a flight of steps from street level, opens into a small entrance hall and then directly into this big living-cum-diningroom, which is lit by Velux skylights as well as by traditional windows front and back.

There’s a view of the sea from a window set into the gable end of the house at eye level, above the units of the smart, blue-painted kitchen. A walnut wide-plank floor runs throughout the room.

A spiral staircase leads down to garden level where there are two bedrooms and a family bathroom. The main bedroom has its own ensuite.

Behind the house is a neat back garden which contains a separate building, currently used as a home office but which would also make a good artist’s studio. There’s also a utility room and storage accessed from the garden.

There is on-street parking outside the house, on what is a busy road, with buses trundling by in both directions.

The nearest Dart is Sydney Parade, a 10-minute walk away.

272 Merrion Road, Dublin 4

Refurbished villa-style house, with outside studio, adjacent to Merrion Strand and St Vincent’s Hospital

Agent:Sherry FitzGerald