DUBLIN 7: €295,000:THE HOUSES on Bregia Road, Cabra, Dublin 7 were built in the 1930s and have a quiet decorum which must come from that decade. Number 9 Bregia Road, for sale by private treaty with Sherry FitzGerald for €295,000, has this same sense of well-being and a lot of style in its architect-designed kitchen/breakfastroom.

In the 85sq m (915sq ft) there are two bedrooms, living/dining-room and kitchen/breakfastroom. The rear, south-east facing garden is 75ft long and the front, railed garden is laid out with plants and shrubs. Bregia Road is off the Old Cabra Road, so it’s close to the Phoenix Park and city centre.

Architects Kelliher Miller designed the single-storey extension with an emphasis on light and practicality. The cream porcelain floor and Farrow Ball cream walls give life to the hardwood-framed glass walls of the breakfastroom. Two large Velux give more light, as does a double glass door leading from the dining area to the garden. The washing machine, fridge, storage and a guest toilet are all cleverly hidden. A brick glass wall allows kitchen light into the hallway. Stylish touches aren’t confined to the extension. Maple flooring in the living/diningroom, as well as a fireplace of Caliza stone with marble inset and wall of book shelving with storage, gives a certain elan to this part of the house. The main bedroom has a small cast-iron fireplace. A family bathroom is also a good size.

Bregia Road is popular with first-time buyers and interest in this house (two dozen viewings in this, its first week on the market) suggests such buyers are finding the funding to enter the market. Sherry FitzGerald sold the house next door for €430,000 in September, 2007 and, earlier that year, an end-of-terrace house in need of repair for €400,000.

9 Bregia Road, Cabra, Dublin 7

Two-bedroom house with architectural makeover

Agent: Sherry FitzGerald