Ultra-modern kitchen in Malahide

Number 16 Talbot Park is an average-sized semi-detached family home, measuring 1,449 sq ft, at the end of a cul de sac. And though it looks a little conventional from the outside, it's been quite stylishly fitted out and decorated inside.

Left of the entrance hall on the ground floor, in what was the former single-storey garage, there's a playroom or study. To the right, meanwhile, there's a wood-floored living room with an open fireplace and a bay window.

This room has been knocked through into an ultra-modern open-plan kitchen and dining room at the back of the house. The kitchen is fitted with a curved high-gloss breakfast bar in black, and there's a skylight and double doors to the garden.

The ground floor also has a utility room and guest toilet, with the main bathroom upstairs.

The three bedrooms are also on the first floor - two doubles and a single. All three have fitted wardrobes, and the master bedroom has an en-suite.

The front garden has parking alongside a smallish lawn, while the back garden is fully paved, with a deck at one end. It's a pleasant, sunny sort of spot, with climbing plants blanketing the surrounding walls and pots of roses and other flowering shrubs dotted about.

It will take about half an hour to walk from here to the train station, and about 40 minutes to walk to the beach. Dublin airport is a 10-minute drive away.

Number 16 Talbot Park is for sale with Property Team Noel Kelly in Portmarnock (01) 846 2752. The asking price is €490,000.