A modernised and refurbished house at 58 Whitethorn Road, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14, is to be auctioned on October 10th by Daphne L Kaye and Associates, which is guiding £425,000 (€539,640).

The present owners bought the semi-detached redbrick five years ago and totally refurbished it so that is now in pristine condition decoratively as well as being enlarged with an extended kitchen and utility room.

The house was built in the 1930s in the estate which has long been a favourite with growing families.

Its proximity to the city centre and to a range of schools and colleges has also added to its appeal. Last year a larger house on the same road sold for over £600,000 (€761,843).

Number 58 has three bedrooms, two doubles and one single.

The greatest improvements to the house have been made downstairs, particularly in the kitchen. It has been greatly enlarged by building a redbrick extension in keeping with the style of the house.

On one side of the kitchen, which has a Junckers beech floor, there are maple units with integrated appliances and there is now room for a dining table at the other side. Off the kitchen, in what was the garage, there is a well-planned utility room.

The reception rooms interconnect via their original sliding doors and a door opens from one of the rooms out into the back garden. This is south facing and private and has been smartly landscaped so that it is now a combination of Liscannor slate patio, lawn and flower beds.

The front garden has been gravelled to allow for off-street parking.