Property: Impressive turnaround in Ballsbridge

In just four months, 60 Serpentine Avenue has been sold, remodelled, refurbished and put back on the market with a 34 per cent price increase.

The four-bedroom end-of-terrace house – thought to be the oldest property on the road, featuring on the 1830 Ordnance Survey map of the area – went to auction with an AMV of €580,000 through agents Gunne and sold for €560,000 on August 8th, according to the Property Price Register.

Since then it has been insulated, rewired, replumbed and given triple-glazed windows to the front to compensate for its proximity to the Dart track and for the heavy traffic that builds up outside the front door at the level crossing on Serpentine Avenue. The windows to the rear are double-glazed.

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The house now has walnut flooring throughout the ground floor with walnut doors replacing the originals. There are good ceiling heights, about 2.7 metres at hall level, and the decor has been kept developer neutral, that is simple but appealing, so house-hunters won’t have any trouble imagining themselves living here.

There are two reception rooms to the front. The main living room has a simple open fireplace and painted timber surround. The room across the hall has been staged as a teen den.

To the rear is an open-plan kitchen-dining room spanning the width of the house. There is a painted inframe kitchen with white quartz countertops and a small island. Double doors lead outside, while off the kitchen is a handy wet room.

The house measures 166sq m (1,790). The pretty serious makeover means it now has a B2 BER rating and, in less than four months, is back on the market asking €850,000 through agents Felicity Fox, a 34 per cent price jump in 16 weeks.

Upstairs there are four double bedrooms. The master, to the front of the house, has a small walk-in wardrobe with room to install plenty of hanging rails. Adjacent is a shower ensuite bathroom.

Outside there is a small decked and lawned northwest-facing back garden with pedestrian access out to Railway Cottages where you could conceivably park one car. Parking to the front is restricted and is residential disc parking only.

Off the garden is a small room set up as a home office.