Grandeur in period home

Number 6 Monkstown Road is a small villa style house in the middle of an attractive Regency style terrace at the Blackrock end of Monkstown Road. Scheduled for auction through Sherry FitzGerald on June 30th, the house is expected to make in excess of £300,000. This terrace of four single storey over garden level houses was built in the mid-19th century, and number 6 was bought by its current owners five years ago. They rearranged the living accommodation so that it now has three bedrooms as well as a particularly gracious living room.

The house is double-fronted and at hall level there is the kitchen on one side of the house and the living room on the other. The living room is so instantly appealing that it will probably be one of the house's strong selling points. It runs the depth of the house with one window looking out over the back patio and two others at the front. With its high ceiling and stripped pine floors, it has a sense of period grandeur. At some time in the past its original fireplace was taken out but it has been replaced with a nice period wrought-iron and tile one. The other side of this hall level is open plan and there is a great sense of airiness and space about it, possibly because you can see from the front door right through to the back door. There is a galley kitchen and an eat-in area. The owners replaced the flooring in this entire area with red oak which is warm looking and goes well with the kitchen with its range of antique pine fitted units. Downstairs there are three bedrooms, two doubles and one small single. The main bedroom has been smartly designed so that, as well as having a large built-in wardrobe, it also has a good sized en suite. There is also another bathroom at this level which features terracotta tiles on the floor. Decoratively, the house is in walk-in condition with a muted colour scheme that should appeal to just about any buyer.

The owners have taken great care with the look of this naturally appealing house so that the back patio is designed to be both low maintenance and stylish. The patio is surrounded by a granite wall and the ground is mostly covered with wooden decking. Some shrubs and a water feature complete the picture at the back of the house. There is a large gravelled front garden with valuable off-street parking for two cars.