Stillorgan Grove is a small L-shaped road that links the N11 to Stillorgan Park Road. Number 22 is just off the busy commuter thoroughfare and is, from the outside, an imposing four-bed detached property.

Set well back from the road, the 1970s property has mid-century styling throughout. It measures 150sq m/1,614sq ft, and is for sale for €895,000 through DNG.

There’s a small family room to the right of the substantial hall with the interconnecting receptions, set to the left. The living room overlooks the lawned front garden and has a nice deep box bay window, while its focal point is a brick-fronted fireplace. The dining room is darkened somewhat by the addition of a sun room to its rear.

The kitchen to the back of the house is scullery-sized, and accessed via a breakfast room. This part of the house will doubtless get reworked into a big open plan kitchen/living area. Some smart architectural design will probably reconfigure much of the ground floor.

Patio area

There is plenty of space to work with. To one side of the house is a garage, about 28sq m in size, with a garage pit. It runs the depth of the house and could become the location of a large kitchen with glazing to its front and rear. Alternatively it could wrap around the house taking in the existing sun room and some of the substantial patio area and even the clematis-covered shed.

Upstairs there are four bedrooms and, given the size of the house, a small family bathroom. There are two large singles to the rear, and two doubles to the front – one of which is L-shaped and would make a great teen room with space for a sofa and TV area. This would also make an attractive room under the rent-a-room scheme.

The steeply stepped rear garden is west-facing, and features an old greenhouse at the top. The same area has been beautifully maximised by the owners of the house next door who have installed a raised sun deck and barbecue area here.The neighbours on the other side keep chickens.