Style and location in a renovated home

Blackrock: Those familiar with Frascati Park in Blackrock will know just how convenient this residential road is to the hub of the village. Having undergone a complete revamp, number 31 is in pristine walk-in order, everything done and with a neutral colour scheme to suit all tastes.

Douglas Newman Good is guiding €700,000 for this four-bedroom terraced property, prior to auction on October 30th.

At 177 sq m (1,900 sq ft), families on the look-out for a prime location close to good schools and transport are likely to be first in line.

The owner is a builder, who bought the house about eight months ago and embarked on a comprehensive refurbishment programme, installing up-to-the-minute plumbing, expensive oak floors and extending to make room for a new kitchen.

The houses on Frascati Park have a distinctive period look, many with double-height bay windows and first floor balconies. No exception, number 31 is of half brick and painted render, with a smart gravelled front garden and box hedge boundaries.

Extending into the front bay, the sittingroom has a new wide-plank oak floor and period-style marble fireplace with curved inset. This room adjoins the formal diningroom, also with oak flooring and sliding glass doors to the kitchen/breakfastroom.

Glass doors to the garden from the breakfastroom line up with the sitting and diningroom doors, allowing natural light to stream through from front to back.

To the right off the entrance hall is a cosy oak-floored familyroom with a plumbed storage room off which could accommodate a downstairs shower.

There is also a spacious kitchen/breakfastroom with pale floor tiles, timber Shaker-style units and attractive chequered wall tiling. A full range of brand new integrated appliances is included with the kitchen. Off this is a utility room.

Upstairs, the four bedrooms are a good size, with an en suite shower off the largest.

The back garden will impress, with its broad timber deck, rolled-out lawn and fresh planting.

Mature trees and hedgerows in neighbouring houses provide a high degree of privacy.