Charming Dublin 14 home hits the market for €950,000

Soothing space with garden viewsWith the lovely proportions of a 1930s build and its location facing trees and the river, No 48 Lower Dodder Road has lots of natural advantages. These have been further enhanced by a bright kitchen extension with big picture windows looking onto the garden and the creative eye of the current owner, an interior designer who fully renovated the property in 2009.

The front garden of this 148 sq m, three-bedroom semi-detached home has been turned into gravelled off-street parking. There’s also a garage to the right of the front door.

Inside the house is an L-shaped hallway with a cloakroom and WC off it, as well as two reception rooms. The front living room, painted a soothing green, has its original fireplace and a box bay window looking out to Dodder Park across the road.

At the back is a lounge with a wood-burning stove, a glazed door to the patio and an arch through to the contemporary and striking kitchen. Here, the white fitted units have a mirrored splashback, the ceiling and walls are teal and a window seat is positioned to make the most of the south-facing aspect and garden views.

Upstairs, each of the three double bedrooms has fitted wardrobes. The main is at the front and, with an en suite shower room, stretches the width of the house. The family bathroom is also at this level.

The attic has been partly converted; a Velux window is in place and the floors and walls are finished, but access is via a Stira staircase.

Outside, there are two patio areas — one to the side of the kitchen and another behind it. Beyond is a long garden with lawn and raised beds on one side.

The property is about 1km from both Terenure and Rathfarnham villages.

Agent mulleryogara.ieWhat we love The charming front reception room.Good to know The stove in the back living room heats the radiators and water.

It may be on the edge of the small village of Bodyke in east Clare, but Fort Edward — a five-bedroom detached Georgian house — is very private with a boundary of tall trees to the road and a long curved driveway to the front door.

This 380 sq m home includes two large reception rooms, a kitchen, a breakfast room, an office, a study, two WCs and a conservatory on the ground floor. Across the first floor and two landings are the bedrooms, three of which have en suites.

To the rear is a separate building with two garages and self-contained accommodation — a sitting room, a kitchen, a bedroom and a bathroom.

The property also includes about eight acres of land.

Agent Loughnane & Co; daft.ieWhat we love The high ceilings. Good to know The house is about 4km from Scariff and 11km from Killaloe.

Built in 2006, this four-bedroom detached house in Loughanaganky might not set your heart fluttering, but it has lots of practical plus points, including 246 sq m of space, a B3 energy rating and commutable distance — less than 45km — to the centre of Galway.

Downstairs is a large entrance hall, a sitting room with a stone fireplace, a kitchen/dining room with an island and a brickwork fireplace with an inset stove, an office, a utility room and a shower room. Upstairs, two of the bedrooms have en suite shower rooms including the main, which also has a walk-in wardrobe. There’s also a full bathroom at this level.

A staircase leads to two more rooms in the attic.

Agent propertypartners.ieWhat we love All that space.Good to know The property has a lawn, driveway and a detached garage.

Built in 2018, No 7 Seagreen Park in Greystones is an A2-rated, four-bedroom family home with views of the sea from its front-facing rooms.

The property’s 139 sq m of living space is spread across three floors. At ground level are a large living room with a connecting — and even larger — kitchen/dining room, along with a porch, an entrance hall, a guest WC and a larder/utility room.

Three bedrooms, one with an en suite shower room, and the family bathroom are on the first floor. At the top is the fourth bedroom, also with an en suite shower room.

Outside there’s off-street parking for two cars at the front, while the back garden is landscaped with two patio areas and a lawn between them.

Agent mcgovernestates.ieWhat we love The sea views. Good to know The garden shed is wired and plumbed for a washing machine.

Recently renovated with a scandi feelHaving undergone a full renovation by interior designer — and Stoneybatter specialist — Wesley O’Brien in 2015, No 170 Oxmantown Road is a bright and airy two-bedroom home that’s pretty much in walk-in condition.

Energy efficiency was high on the agenda during the refurb, and the mid-terrace property now has lots of insulation and new doors and windows.

The front door opens into a tiled hallway that leads on to a large, open-plan space comprising living room, dining room and kitchen. The living room is at the front and has a cast-iron fireplace with fire door, shelving built into the alcoves and original wooden floorboards. An arch separates this area from the dining room, where the floorboards continue and there’s another fireplace — this time with the insert removed — more built-in shelving, understairs storage and French doors to the garden.

As part of the renovation work an existing extension was removed and a new kitchen extension added, while the shower room was moved upstairs. The galley kitchen has an integrated dishwasher and fridge-freezer, an electric oven, hob and extractor fan, as well as plumbing for a washing machine.

Upstairs, the front bedroom is a double while the back is a single, having lost some of its space to the new shower room. Both bedrooms have original floorboards — sanded and limewashed for a Scandi look — and cast-iron fireplaces.

The back garden has granite paving and raised flower beds on one side.

The house is about 1km from the Technological University Dublin campus and about 3km from St Stephen’s Green.

Agent felicityfox.ieWhat we love The feeling of space in this 65 sq m home.Good to know A lane that can be accessed from the back garden is blocked at each end so can be used for storing bins or bikes.