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52 Merrion Park, Blackrock, Co. Dublin

Price: €550,000

What: a terraced three-bed with contemporary living space decorated in a pale Scandi palette.  On the ground level, an open-plan layout takes in the garden-facing living room and kitchen/dining room.  The master bedroom upstairs comes with an en suite and the attic offers potential for conversion. A south-east facing garden at the back is landscaped with railway sleepers and flower beds, and has Japanese maple trees and wisteria vines.

Where: positioned between Mount Merrion Avenue and Booterstown Avenue, and a stone’s throw from the Stillorgan Road.  Blackrock village and the Merrion Shopping Centre and ten minutes away by car, and it’s a half-hour walk to UCD.

Agent: Beirne & Wise Blackrock at 01-2880900.