Gallic style – and a makeover in Monkstown for €895,000

When the owners of 25 Monkstown Avenue bought the 1948-built house in 2001 they set about extending and renovating the property. They incorporated the original garage into their plans, and built above it, turning it into a fine size four-bedroom house.

The garage, just off the walnut-floored hall, is now a small den with tongue and groove paneling. They replaced the 1940s tiled fireplace in the bay-windowed sittingroom and painted the room a Georgian red.

The house has an abundance of sittingrooms. A second, dark room is situated to the rear and leads through to a very smart, vaulted-ceiling drawingroom with beams drawing the eye upwards to roof lights adding further illumination.

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Patio doors

The bright room feels almost French in style and has patio doors leading outside. Internal windows interspersed with radiator cabinets bring in plenty of light from a third source, the kitchen.

The eat-in part of the kitchen is a mirror image of the French-inspired sittingroom and it would make sense to open this up to the drawing room to create a large, open- plan space. It too has a vaulted ceiling with beams and roof lights.

The working part of the kitchen is set around a small, iroko- topped island. An inset gas fire is set into a curiously angled wall, which means that much of the heat it generates ends up in the hall rather than in the kitchen itself.

Double doors lead out to the concrete-tiled, south-facing back garden, which measures 3.25m (35ft) long and 4.1m (45ft) wide.

The house as it stands is 232sq m (2,500sq ft) in size and is asking €895,000 through agents DNG.

This property hasn’t been staged for sale. It needs a fresh paint job, new carpets and an airing, something that might put some potential buyers off but savvy househunters should be able to see past this.

The first-floor landing has been adapted to create an office area that overlooks the back.

There are now three good size double bedrooms, all with built-in wardrobes and a large single that is used as a home office. The master bedroom is situated to the front and has a bay window.

A staircase takes you up to the attic room which measures 23sq m (250sq ft).

There is off-street parking for up to four cars.