Killiney bungalow with upstairs surprise for €895k

Main bedroom refurbished three years ago with walk-in wardrobe and smart en suite

Secluded number one  Avondale Road, Killiney, Co Dublin is only partly visible from the road. Photographs: Alex Urdaneta
Secluded number one Avondale Road, Killiney, Co Dublin is only partly visible from the road. Photographs: Alex Urdaneta
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Address: 1 Avondale Road, Killiney, Co Dublin
Price: €895,000
Agent: Vincent Finnegan
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The first house on Avondale Road in Killiney, Co Dublin, just beyond a large roundabout, is a bungalow built in 1954 that has been cleverly revamped and extended since it last sold 33 years ago.

The detached 203sq m (2,185sq ft) four bed is now a bright dormer bungalow with a large main bedroom and a sitting room upstairs with a floor-to-ceiling window in the gable wall. Freshly painted in neutral colours last year and pretty much in walk-in condition, 1 Avondale Road, Killiney, Co Dublin, is for sale through Vincent Finnegan for €895,000.

It’s only partly visible from the road, hidden behind a very tall neat hedge and a wide timber electronic gate. Driving into and out of it just beyond the Albert Road/Glenageary Road/Avondale Road roundabout looks difficult: the owner says care is needed of course, but in 33 years, the family has never had an incident.

A front porch opens into a wide maple-floored hall. On the left is an open plan dining/living/kitchen. The dining room at the front of the house opens into a cosy family room which in turn opens through French windows into a side garden. Both rooms are floored with cherrywood, while the living room and kitchen are floored with pale tiles. The U-shaped kitchen has oak units and black polished granite countertops; there’s also a good-sized utility room off the living room and a toilet off it.

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Three of the four bedrooms, two small and one large double, open off the right of the front hall and all have built-in wardrobes. A very smart family bathroom floored with large grey tiles has a power shower and bath.

The home’s upstairs was extended 30 years ago, but the main bedroom was completely redone three years ago: it has a good-sized walk-in wardrobe and a smart en suite. On the other side of the top landing is a wide sitting room with a coal-effect fireplace and that floor-to-ceiling window looking over Dalkey rooftops to the sea.

French windows open from the living room downstairs into a wide back garden which is half raised deck, and half lawn, with a raised flowerbed at the end. A triangular side garden is sheltered from the busy roads beside it by the very high hedge. There’s room to park several cars in the cobblelocked front garden.

Frances O'Rourke

Frances O'Rourke

Frances O'Rourke, a contributor to The Irish Times, writes about homes and property