Renovated redbrick turns on style

Harolds Cross/ €1.2m:A renovated and extended period house at 1 Casimir Avenue, Harolds Cross, Dublin 6W is for sale by private treaty through Sherry FitzGerald for €1.2 million.

The handsome end-of-terrace house has four bedrooms and 130sq m (1,400sq ft) which may make it attractive to those looking to trade up from smaller houses or apartments in the area to a more family-friendly home.

The owners bought it six years ago when the house needed upgrading, so as well as the basics - such as fitting new windows and re-roofing - they modernised the bathroom and greatly extended the kitchen finishing it with contemporary units and fittings. There is space for a dining table and the newly extended kitchen also allows for a good-sized seating area at the far end of the room overlooking the garden.

While making the kitchen extension a very modern, bright space, elsewhere the owners kept as much of the period features as possible. The fine stained glass in the hall doorway makes for an attractive entrance - there is another stained glass internal door - and there are good fireplaces with decorative tiling as well as polished floorboards in the two, interconnecting reception rooms. The front reception room also has a bay window.

The bedrooms are two singles and two doubles. New owners who don't need a fourth bedroom should note that in many houses of this style, the single bedroom to the front has been turned into an en suite. The south-facing back garden has been laid out for low maintenance with planting in raised beds along the walls. There is a side entrance.