Ardagh Park, in Blackrock, Co Dublin, is a quiet road in a 1960s development off Newtownpark Avenue. There is little traffic, other than that of the residents, and according to the owner of Number 35, the most hectic this area gets is on a Saturday morning when the lawn-mowing and car-washing equipment comes out for its weekly airing in the summer.

Number 35, a semi-detached, three-to-four bedroom house will be auctioned by Gunne Residential on March 16th and has a guide price of £350,000.

The house has been remodelled and extended in the last seven years, and comes on the market in near-perfect condition. The doors and woodwork are of natural pine, and most of the rooms have pale floorboards or neutral-coloured carpets.

Like many of its neighbours, this family home has had a porch added onto the front. In this case, it has been skilfully integrated into the fabric of the original structure, with the tiled roof seamlessly covering the old and new parts.

Inside, the ceiling level of porch and hall has been raised and clad in natural pine tongue-and-groove panelling, giving an unexpected feeling of spaciousness.

There is a small bedroom at the front, on the left hand side, while across the hall there is a dining-room. This has double doors leading into a large, square drawing-room. Black-framed French windows open onto a concrete-slab patio at the rear of the house.

A sizeable kitchen has an extensive range of oak units and has windows on two of its sides.

Beyond the kitchen a narrow hallway leads to a lovely light-filled family room.

This extension, designed by Art McGann and Greg Tisdall, won a Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland regional award in 1993. The simple room has built-in, blonde, wood-veneer shelves and cupboards, and a boxy, bay-type window with French doors. Again, these open onto the patio. There are also a tool room, a utility room and a fully-tiled family bathroom on the ground floor.

Upstairs, there are three bedrooms (including a very small one, with a sloping roof) and a lavatory.

There is planning permission to raise the angle of the roof at the rear of the house, an operation which would significantly increase the usable space on this level.

The gardens, which were professionally landscaped some years ago, are very well kept and quite mature. The front garden incorporates a parking space, while the back garden is laid out in lawn, borders and patio. There is planning permission to add on a garage.