Number 8 Honeypark is one of a pretty enclave of cottages secluded behind a high green hedge and wooden gates on Sallynoggin Road, Co Dublin. The extended cottage is for sale by private treaty through Douglas Newman Good with a guide price over €575,000.

Semi-detached, the 112sq m (1,200sq ft) cottage has been considerably upgraded and extended.

The outside façade has new timber windows and a new hall door but the original gabled front and slated roof have been retained. Once inside, the layout of the entire space has been rearranged to include the new L-shaped extension.

The house is entered through a small porch - where there is coat storage - and through a glass door into a big open kitchen/ dining area facing the front of the house. A curving wall painted pale green has a square raised fireplace and leads towards the back of the house, opening to large doors framing the back garden.

Two big windows light the Shaker-style fitted kitchen and the quarry-tiled dining area, which is divided by a granite-topped island unit.

Beyond the curving wall is a large family bathroom with blue wooden panelling, white tiles and white suite. Light streams in though a large Velux roof window and a window opening onto the back garden.

A bedroom with fitted cupboards is tucked into the front of the house beyond the bathroom.

To the right of the inner hall is an oak-floored livingroom with windows facing into the garden. Wide curved steps lead down to it and a staircase leads up to the main bedroom and a small third bedroom. This area can be cut off from the rest of the house by a sliding door and has its own door to the back garden.

The house is planned with simple clean lines, making the most of original features such as high coved ceilings, and incorporating new ones such as porthole windows in bedrooms.

Wooden floors, white walls and blocks of single colours give a contemporary feel, while the owners have added original details, such as a bell pull which comes from Frascati House in Blackrock.

The gardens have space in front for two cars, hidden bin storage and a covered storage passage to the back garden. The back has curving decking and a lawn with trees, and a high hedge.