Smart in heart of Donnybrook

Dublin 4 €725,000From the black-and-white chequerboard tiling that greets you in the hall to the painted panelling and woodwork throughout, this spacious end-of-terrace makes for a stylish walk-in condition property

It’s the location as much as the smart renovation that will encourage interest in 7 Belmont Avenue. The three-bed house is on the Donnybrook end of this road and it’s one of four, double-fronted, red brick houses in a short terrace just off Morehampton Road in Dublin 4. It is for sale by Gunne for €725,000.

When the current owners bought in 2005, it was already fully renovated and extended. Two years ago, they extended again, this time making the eat-in kitchen larger and installing bespoke timber painted units, adding a downstairs toilet, updating the main bathroom and redecorating throughout. New owners will have nothing to do.

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No 7 Belmont Avenue is one of four double-fronted, red-brick houses on a short terrace just off Morehampton Road in Dublin 4

At 160sq m, the house is a good-sized three bed and as it’s double fronted, it feels spacious. There are two reception rooms on either side of the wide hall, the smaller one is fitted out as a study. The larger room has a period fireplace with a solid fuel stove and, as with all rooms to the front of the house, is fitted with white plantation shutters. A third room off the hall is a utility room which has been divided to include the new downstairs toilet.

Down a couple of steps, glazed doors lead into the well-planned kitchen where the extension makes space for a sofa and a dining table. A large island unit is topped, as the worktops are, with black granite and the appliances are integrated into the painted timber units. A wall of glazed, concertina patio doors provide maximum light and opens out onto the back garden.

Upstairs there are three bedrooms. Originally there would have been two bedrooms to the front but a previous owner knocked them together to create a large, bright main bedroom, with three windows, an ensuite and a dressing area. The two other bedrooms, a small double and a single are at the back of the house. There is also a family bathroom refitted and decorated in a contemporary style two years ago.

The decorative style throughout is crisp and smart starting with the black and white chequerboard tiling in the hall, the grey painted walls and white painted panelling and woodwork.

As number seven is at the end of the terrace, it has the benefit of side access and parking for one car in the back garden but the owners mostly opt for on-street parking leaving the relatively small area – which is laid out, paved and planted as a smart town garden.

7 Belmont Avenue, Dublin 4

DescriptionThree-bedroom end-of-terrace red-brick, extended and in walk-in condition

AgentGunne