Rathfarnham detached residence with quality and space

The owners of number 51 Rathfarnham Park, a double-fronted detached house on a corner site, have more than doubled the size of the property in their 25 years there.

Everything to the left of the large hall was added during their tenure.

A formal diningroom leads through to a similar-sized games room accessed via foldback doors that can open the two rooms as one.

A large, almost mirror-image formal sittingroom, originally two interconnecting rooms, is found on the right-hand side of the house.

Off it is a south-facing PVC conservatory. Both rooms have direct access to the garden, which is bookended by two mature silver birch trees.

The back garden wraps around the house in a C-shape and has two terracotta-tiled patios, one of which is off the large eat-in kitchen. The room with the potential to be the coziest in the house, subject to a decor update, is the den, situated off the kitchen.

The house sits on about a quarter of an acre. Five years ago, the owners sold off a plot of about one-eighth of an acre and you can see the side of the new-build house from the garden. Otherwise, it is very private.

There are four bedrooms on the first floor of this 1930s house. All are doubles. The master has a dressing area and a large en-suite bathroom that has a separate shower.

Attic details

The attic had already been converted when the family moved in. This room has a ceiling height of seven feet.

During the renovation work, they added a second room with a ceiling height of eight feet and it has a large picture window in its gable end. There is also a very low shower room at this level.

The decor in some rooms and bathrooms will feel tired to fans of contemporary space, and the next owner might like to rethink the layout of some of the rooms. This property is asking €1.55 million through agents DNG. It has a lot to offer a large family or three generations of the same clan with space for everyone to feel independent but accessible.