Small but cleverly formed in Glenageary

Number 12 St Peter's Terrace is an end-of-terrace 1930s house near Glasthule village in south county Dublin. Extended and refurbished a decade ago, it is small but cleverly formed to make the best of the space available.

A modern open-plan kitchen/ breakfastroom/family room at the back of the house has a huge picture window and French windows into a small garden that’s effectively another room.

The 125sq m (1,352sq ft) three-bed is for sale through Lansdowne Partnership for €635,000.

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The house is built with details that echo the style of larger period homes: number 12 has dado rails, picture rails, coving and handsome cast-iron fireplaces.

The front door – with attractive stained glass panels – opens into the entrance hall. A good-sized livingroom with a timber floor, bay window and cast-iron fireplace opens off it to the right.

On the left, there’s a tiny toilet with a door to a covered side passage outside – this is a semi-detached house as it’s at the end of the terrace.

The open-plan family room/ kitchen/breakfastroom is bright, with Velux windows in a part-pitched ceiling, while a timber-topped island unit is fitted with a Rangemaster cooker.

The back courtyard patio has a table and built-in seating in a partly covered area at one side, more seating at the other and has a good range of shrubs.

The patio is a well-sheltered, private space.

Fourteen steep steps lead up to three bedrooms, two modest-sized doubles and a single and the family bathroom: wall-to-wall Sliderobes – mirrored in one room – make the most of the space available.

The bathroom has a blue-tiled floor and part-timber panelled walls painted blue.

Another 12 steep steps lead up to a converted attic: there’s a home office under Velux windows on the landing at the top of the stairs and an under-eaves room currently used as a bedroom.

There’s room to park outside number 12 in this narrow cul-de-sac off Adelaide Road, but new owners might want to seek planning permission to turn the neat front lawn into a parking space.

St Peter's Terrace is a short walk from the Dart stations in both Glenageary and Sandycove.