Clontarf €680,000: A great many people have seen inside this Clontarf semi-d thanks to its starring appearance on RTÉ's About the House programme.
The reason why this rather unassuming house made it onto TV is that it has a very unusual flat-roofed extension at the back - a contemporary rectangular-shaped sunroom that doubles as a diningroom.
The owners of 91 Hollybrook Road are now selling and the three-bedroom 1930s house is for sale through Sherry FitzGerald for around €680,000.
Much of the downstairs is conventional in its layout - two interconnecting reception rooms and a galley kitchen. Usually when it comes to extending such a layout, the kitchen is extended across the back of the house, with doors leading from the back reception room out into the newly extended kitchen. In this case the galley kitchen shape was left intact but it leads into the new room which was added at the back. This new configuration means that the back reception room opens into a small patio area which in turn opens into the new sunroom. This is a very usual room - floor-to-ceiling glazed sliding doors are on two sides and it has been floored with marble tiles. Concealed cupboards line one wall and their doors have been clad with the same marble. The galley kitchen has been upgraded with smart new integrated units and it features the same marble tiling as in the new sunroom.
Upstairs there are three bedrooms, two doubles and a single. The bathroom has a free-standing bath as well as a walk-in shower.
In all, the house has 116 sq m (1,249 sq ft) of space. The back garden has been shortened to facilitate the new extension, and there is a small front garden. Hollybrook Road is at the city end of Clontarf so it's a convenient location. Number 91 is at the seaside end of what is a very pleasant, residential road.
