RATHMINES: €1.1M:THE SAME family has lived in 13 Charleville Road, Rathmines, for the past 30 years, with the older generation moving out and downsizing some years ago to make way for the next generation, a young couple with small children. Now they are moving on and the three-bedroom period house is for sale through Sherry FitzGerald for €1.1 million.

It’s a semi-detached house overlooking St Louis girls’ secondary school and, in layout, the 190sq m (2,047sq ft) follows the traditional layout of interconnecting reception rooms at hall level, two large double bedrooms on the top floor and the kitchen and family room down at garden level. There’s a good-sized return with a family bathroom, a third bedroom at hall level and a utility room and shower-room at garden level.

It’s a comfortable house with many fine period details and over the years the owners have updated to make it family-friendly with good quality custom-designed built-in storage throughout.

There are interesting finishes downstairs with a parquet floor in the family livingroom and a classic terrazzo floor in the kitchen. New owners might consider knocking through the kitchen and the utility room to make for a larger eat-in kitchen.

The gardens at the back, to the side and the front are large by Dublin 6 standards and they were landscaped some years ago with an attractive mix of pathways and now mature planting allowing for sunny seating areas and a large play area for kids.

As the house has space to the side, there is room to extend in several ways, either to the side or at the back in the return, and new owners might choose to seek planning for that.

13 Charleville Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6

Three-bedroom period house.

Agent: Sherry FitzGerald