Carefully tended inside and out

Avoca Park is a mature estate just off Avoca Road with big green spaces and a direct entrance to Carysfort Park. It was built in the mid-1990s, and the owners of number 41, a four-bedroom, bay-fronted, detached house, moved into their property in 1997 and have been there since.

Over the years they’ve upgraded the house, replacing the original windows with smart designs by Marvin, upping the insulation and reconfiguring the breakfastroom glazing so that it feels more like a sunroom. Off it is a long granite-countered kitchen with a Stanley cooker and a utility with a side entrance.

Both breakfast room and adjoining TV room have French windows leading out to the lovely garden which is 16m long and over 11m wide.

In the TV room, one would be tempted to move the sofa to face the garden to better enjoy the well-designed space that includes a decked area that gets the sun in the morning. Opposite it is paved in old London stone. Outdoor mirrors reflect other parts of the garden.

A pair of palm trees, planted when the owners first moved in and now scaling super swish heights, create a natural entrance to the lawned upper garden where there is another patio area, paved in sandstone and a garden room complete with bar and seating. It is the perfect teen bolt hole.

The property has a fine lounge to the front with an open fire and double doors through to the TV room. Across the hall is a formal diningroom that could also work as a den or playroom.

Upstairs there are four bedrooms, all with new wardrobes by Sliderobes. One is set up as an office and has a pull-down bed hidden in the wall of storage created by Beds of Ireland.

The property has cherry floors and teak doors that have been stained a warm shade to match the flooring. It is asking €1.295 million through agents Hunters.

There is off-street parking for several cars.