Extended estate cottage with potential and 105ft garden

DUBLIN 6 €1.1M:DODDER WALK in Dublin 6 is made up of a terrace of five houses, once estate cottages for a long-gone Dartry mansion. It's a cul-de-sac when it comes to cars - the Dodder River flows opposite the terrace - and the short road off Milltown Road provides pedestrian and cycle access.

When the owners of number 5 bought in the mid-1990s, the two-up-two-down had already been extended out the back but they saw further potential as it's at the end of the terrace and it came with a substantial side garden.

They extended to the side, adding a large kitchen downstairs and a bedroom upstairs so that now the house has 136.57sq m (1,470sq ft) and three bedrooms. Even so, there would appear to still be potential to extend as there is a good-sized side garden (with vehicular access) and, at nearly 32 metres (105ft), a surprisingly long back garden. Felicity Fox is handling the sale and the price is €1.1 million.

The front door opens into a small hallway with the staircase and two doors, one into the livingroom, the other, to the left into the large eat-in kitchen. Both rooms have good access to a patio area outside. Through the livingroom is a small hallway, off which is the first of the three bedrooms as well as the family bathroom and a utility room.

Upstairs, the main bedroom, which has an en suite, is at the back of the house and features a large picture window looking out onto the park and the third bedroom is to the side, a bright room, currently divided into two.

The surprise is the amount of outdoor space that comes with this house - there's no indication looking at it from the front. As well as a patio, the garden stretches back to meet Dartry Park, with room for play areas, sheds and the current owners' timber home office (which is not included in the sale).

5 Dodder Walk, Dartry, Dublin 6

Spacious three-bed former estate cottage with long rear garden

Agent:Felicity Fox