Despite being 10km (six miles) from Dublin city centre, the community of Clongriffin is well served by public transport.
Its railway station – situated along the Dublin-Belfast line between Howth Junction and Portmarnock station – is served by the Dart and by the number 15 bus, a 24-hour service operating seven days a week, meaning there’s always a bus home after a night out in the city.
In addition, access to the M50 and M1 is less than a six-minute drive away. For those who commute abroad, Dublin Airport is less than a 10-minute spin from this 145sq m (1,561sq ft) four-bedroom terrace house.
Home to its current residents for the past 21 years, 21 Beau Park Crescent was purchased by them when the property was first constructed.
In 2013, they decided to enlarge and upgrade their home with the needs of a growing family: “While it was ‘top heavy,’ meaning it had four double bedrooms upstairs, it really didn’t have enough living space downstairs. We wanted to build a space that would be the heart of our home, so we designed and added an open-plan kitchen/dining and living space to the rear.”
Here a bespoke kitchen by Jonathan Williams has tiger-stripe wood cabinets, a large quartz island and high-end appliances, including an extraction hood that pulls out and can be folded back to maintain a streamlined space.
Porcelain tiles run through the kitchen, downstairs loo and larder, with solid-wood flooring running through the remainder of rooms downstairs.
There’s a separate livingroom to the front, which over the years served as a playroom and a teenage den as the family’s requirements changed.
Also at garden level is an integrated garage offering off-street parking. Originally a carport, owners added a door for privacy, while they also took some of this space to incorporate a laundry room to the rear.
Upstairs are four double bedrooms, the principal of which is en suite, alongside a fine family bathroom. There is a third and newly decorated bathroom on the ground floor.
In addition to the extension, owners upgraded the insulation, redid the heating system (a new boiler was installed in 2023) and had all the double-glazed windows resealed – which now gives the property a B3 Ber.
They also added lots of panelling in the principal bedroom and bathroom and they put in a feature stone wall in the en suite.
Laid out for entertaining, the back garden essentially operates as another room for summer. It is not overlooked during warmer months thanks to lots of foliage, including a rare Wollemi pine tree.
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For families, there are four secondary schools within walking distance, with more educational facilities up the road in Raheny (accessible via the Dart).
Shopping can be found at Clarehall and Donaghmede, and if swimming is your hobby then the beach at Portmarnock is under a six-minute drive away.
Owners are moving to the countryside and have placed their home on the market though DNG, seeking €525,000.
