Curiously configured home where the garden is the star

Roebuck Avenue is a quiet street just off the busy N11 with its fast bus corridor and just a minute’s walk from the shops in Mount Merrion. The nearby heavy traffic is audible but only at low hum and the street contains mainly 1930s bungalows on large sites, some of which have been extended and modernised. Numbers 3 and 12 are particularly good refurbishment examples and anyone looking at number 4 Roebuck Avenue should be trying to speak to the architects of these properties to determine the possibilities and end cost of investing in this three-bedroom bungalow will be.

Number 4 is a curiously configured 1930s bungalow that is an executor sale. The house measures 152sq m (1,636sq ft) and is laid out with the reception rooms to the right of the front door and the accommodation to the left.

Over time the house was extended with the kitchen currently occupying what was originally the garage. It has oddly-positioned cupboards and is accessed via a dining room and leads on through to a small breakfast room. This trio of rooms requires a rethink to better utilise the space and the southerly orientation to the rear. There is a good-size square-shaped sitting room with sliding doors leading to a sunroom.

The real draw is the property’s 33 m (110ft) long south-facing back-garden that is charmingly old-fashioned and private. There is a greenhouse and a couple of sheds to the rear that will spark the imagination of small kids. The house has three double bedrooms. The master overlooks the garden. More could be made of this.

The house is asking €975,000 through Lisney and has an E Ber rating. Davidean, the house next door set on a quarter of an acre and also three bedroomed sold for €1.2 million in January. No planning application has yet been filed for this property.