Solid, sunny and spacious redbrick close to the city centre

DUBLIN 6 €2.9MA LARGE redbrick Victorian semi-detached house at 77 Terenure Road East in Dublin 6 is for sale by private treaty through Douglas Newman Good at €2.9 million.

For market watchers, the asking price will be a sign of how values have changed in a relatively short space of time in this neighbourhood. There are four, virtually identical, houses on this stretch of the road. In mid-2006, one of these, number 81, was sold for €3.61 million under the hammer.

These are good solid family houses with five bedrooms, spacious reception rooms and sunny back gardens.

Most of the major work on number 77 was done 10 years ago when the current owners moved in. They extended the already large house by adding a two-storey extension to the return and since then have maintained and improved the house which is in walk-in condition.

Downstairs off the wide hall, there are two interconnecting reception rooms with high ceilings, original features including fireplaces and cornice work and a bay window to the front. Down in the return (past the downstairs cloakroom) is the kitchen, utility and dining area.

Upstairs there are four double bedrooms and a small single. This, to the front of the house, is currently fitted out as a home office.

The extension made space for two large family bathrooms.

There is potential to extend this semi-detached house - to square off the return to make a larger kitchen or to go into the attic - but most families will probably feel that at 233sq m (2,550sq ft) and with well-laid out living and sleeping space, the house is large enough. There is a garage at the end of the child-friendly back garden and off-street parking to the front for four cars.

77 Terenure Road East, Terenure, Dublin 6
Spacious Victorian semi-detached house with five bedrooms and a sunny back garden in sought-after location Agent:Douglas Newman Good