Victorian era house in Sandymount with contemporary return

Dublin 4/€1.7m:  The houses on Tritonville Road in Sandymount vary in size and style and number 115 is a five-bedroom terraced Victorian redbrick that is now for auction through Sherry FitzGerald on May 10th with a guide of €1.7m.

The current owners bought it 10 years ago when the house was in a state of considerable disrepair. This gave them the opportunity, not only to renovate, but to rethink the return, so it was rebuilt on three levels to make room for two extra bedrooms and an extended family kitchen.

At hall level there are two interconnecting reception rooms, the front room has its original white marble fireplace and cornice work. The fireplace is missing from the back room. The 10-metre long kitchen is obviously the hub of the house with its solid pine units, long dining table and pitched ceiling with tongue and groove timber cladding. Off the hall is a guest toilet.

Upstairs in the first floor return is a double bedroom and the family bathroom. On up again and the main bedroom is at the back of the house and it has a small en suite. To the front there are two bedrooms and up another flight of steps in the top floor return is the very large fifth bedroom. In all, the house has 186sq m (2,000sq ft). There is off-street car-parking for two cars to the front and to the back the garden is around 15 metres long. Six of the houses on the terrace share a gated lane which can be driven into but is also used as a safe area for children.