Edwardian extension adds the X-factor

Ashdale Road: €1m-plus: Ashdale Road in Terenure, Dublin 6W, is a quiet road lined with Edwardian redbricks that connects Eaton Square with Terenure Road North.

Number 41, a semi-detached house with 214 sq m (2,300 sq ft), carefully renovated and beautifully extended, is for sale through Sherry FitzGerald which is guiding €1 million-plus prior to auction on April 27th.

The front door, with attractive original stained glass panels, opens into a large hall with reception rooms opening off to the left. There is space for a guest toilet, a cloakroom and a shelved hot press. The yellow paintwork, fine plasterwork and high ceilings throughout lend a calm air to this bustling family home.

The front room has a generous bay window and period details, including a grand marble fireplace with tiled inset. This opens into another formal room from which glass doors lead into a bright new study area. This is part of a really good extension, built by the current owners in the last few years, which extends across the back of the house to provide a spacious kitchen/dining/living area and utility room. There is plenty of storage in cream-painted units and a central island, and it is well finished with granite worktops and a Smeg range cooker that is included in the sale.

Light pours in through seven rooflights as well as through glass doors that lead out to the garden. While reduced by the extension, it is bordered by raised beds and a patio. There is pedestrian access to a lane leading to Eaton Square.

The first-floor return has a bedroom, currently used as a playroom, and a family bathroom with a shower cubicle and bath. On the first floor are a pretty bedroom with a fireplace and a view of sports grounds behind, and the en suite main bedroom, which spans the front of the house and has a deep bay window. The second floor return has another double bedroom and a guest toilet. Upstairs, the attic has been converted into two rooms.