Blackrock: €1.05m Southside semi with smart new looks

Dublin 6 €1.6m: A semi-detached 1920s house on Seapoint Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin is expected to make around €1.05 million through Sherry FitzGerald on November 2nd.

This 117sq m (1,260sq ft) three-bedroom house has been updated with a smart contemporary look while maintaining its original features.

The house has been extended to the side into a serene living space with windows front and back and in the roof. A plain period fireplace, white walls, polished wooden floor, double doors to an enclosed garden and surround sound make this the heart of the house.

There is a door through to the kitchen which also leads off from an attractive hall with black slate floor tiles and concealed storage cupboards painted in soft white. The kitchen carries on this theme of black and soft white and has built-in painted units, a small breakfast bar and a multi-paned window looking out towards the back.

This room goes under the stairwell into a small but serviceable utility area and into a shower room with contemporary power shower and 1920s white basin and toilet. There are white marble floor tiles here and creamy mosaic tiles on the walls.

A door leads into a rich green walled room which is in use as a study but which could be a third bedroom.

A steep wooden staircase opposite the hall door leads to the first floor with two double bedrooms and a second very pretty bathroom with 1920s-style white suite and smart glass shelving and wooden colonial blinds.

All these rooms have wooden floors and multi-paned period windows. Both bedrooms are a good size and the main bedroom has a floor-to-ceiling mirror feature which doubles the size as well as a wall of built-in cupboards, while the second bedroom has a bay window.

The front garden, which slopes down from Seapoint Avenue, has room for two cars and the back garden has been remodelled like an outside room with a central paved area for table and chairs, surrounded by high walls and plentiful greenery. South-facing, it is reached through the double doors of the livingroom.

The house is within walking distance of Seapoint Dart station, the sea and Blackrock and Monkstown villages.