£300,000 for four-bed semi in quiet cul-de-sac

A mature semi-detached four-bedroom house off Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin, is for sale through Phillips Partnership, which is seeking offers of about £300,000 in a private treaty sale. Number 16 Avondale Lawn is part of a quiet cul-de-sac of l970s-style houses close to Blackrock village and has well-cared-for gardens to the front and rear.

Typical of its period, the house has interconnecting reception rooms with tiled fireplaces and sliding doors in-between, a good sized kitchen/ breakfastroom to the rear, a family bathroom and separate lavatory. There is no central heating and the kitchen/ breakfastroom is in need of modernisation but the popular location and the fact that it is a solidly built, bright house of some 1,250 sq ft should ensure offers in the region of the asking price.

The front facade is redbrick and the entrance porch has a black-and-white tiled floor. The under-stairs storage in the hallway has cloakroom space. The sittingroom and diningroom, currently in use as one, large livingroom, run from the front to the rear of the house and have the original, steel-frame windows. Both have tiled, beige-brown fireplaces, the one to the front fitted with an electric, coal-effect fire. The kitchen/breakfastroom is generous at over 16 ft by 12 ft and here, too, there is a tiled fireplace. A boiler heats the water and there is a limited range of fitted, formica units at wall and floor level. The dining area is by a window overlooking the rear garden.

A door from the kitchen leads to the garage, where there is shelving and a storage area.

A window to the side of the house throws light into the entrance hallway and on to the stairs and landing, where there is a hot-press. Three of the bedrooms have windows to the front of the house; the fourth overlooks the rear garden. In the main bedroom, where there is a built-in wardrobe and vanity unit, the window overlooks the top branches of the beech tree in the front garden. There is a built-in wardrobe in the rear bedroom too.

The bathroom has a wash-hand basin, bath and glazed window. The separate lavatory is alongside.

The 60 ft long back garden has several pruned and prepared fruit trees, a neat lawn with a path to the side and a row of evergreens along the end. High hedging on either side ensures privacy. There is a block-built storage shed and coal bunker. To the front there is off-street parking for two cars and a lawn bounded by flower beds.