Situated just off Avoca Avenue, Avoca Park is a mature estate built by Castlethorn Construction in the mid 1990s.
The well-laid out estate has big green spaces where smaller children can play and teenagers can congregate safely. It also has direct access to Carysfort Park, an additional parkland that stretches down to Carysfort Avenue.
The owners of number 18, a five-bedroom bay-fronted terraced house that was built in 1995, moved into their property in 1997 and have been there since.
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Measuring 232sq m (2497sq ft) the house is well laid out with room for teenagers to bring their friends over. There is a good-sized study to the front that has a fine corner fireplace with a gas fire insert bought at Belle Cheminee.
Double glass doors on the other side of the hall open into the livingroom, a space with a deep box bay window where you could install a window seat – the present owner has a small table and pair of chairs here. A white marble fireplace, also from Belle Cheminee, guards another gas-fuelled insert.
Interconnecting doors take you through to the formal diningroom where there is a door through to the kitchen and French doors out to the small but private southwest-facing garden.
The kitchen was upgraded in 2008 and features a smart painted design by John Daly that has unhoned marble countertops.
A gas-fuelled Stanley range cosies up the space and while originally it also heated the radiators, a boiler, installed at the same time as the kitchen, now does that function.
The breakfast area is naturally lit by roof and door glazing that leads outside where there is a limestone flagged patio and raised lawn and shrubbery that makes the garden feel very private. It was designed by Paul Doyle.
Five bedrooms
Upstairs there are five bedrooms, all with built-in wardrobes that have been there since the owner moved in. Four of the rooms are good-sized doubles; two have en suite shower rooms each with a window. The house has been well maintained but the new owner might consider its BER rating and upgrade the original uPVC windows.
The property is asking €1.4 million through agents Sherry FitzGerald and has off-street parking for two cars.
