£290,000 for three-bed home in Stillorgan

It is six years since the large Fosterbrook housing development in Stillorgan was completed and the houses are now starting to come back on the market. It is an estate of mostly semi-detached houses off the Stillorgan Road close to the Montrose Hotel that is now maturing with well-planted gardens and open spaces.

Number 111 is now for sale through auctioneer Billy O'Sullivan with a price guide of £290,000. This is a three-bedroom semi-detached house very much in walk in condition, with tasteful paint treatments on the walls and natural floor coverings in most of the rooms.

Downstairs, there is a livingroom to the front of the house with a nice fireplace and to the back is a large eat-in kitchen, which runs the width of the house. The kitchen and the livingroom are connected by double doors, which give the entire area a feeling of spaciousness. The owners laid wooden floors and there are halogen down-lighters, duck egg blue fitted units and a worktop of chunky Mexican tiles.

Double doors open out on to the nicely planted south-facing back garden. In the six years they have been there, the owners have built extended the house - they added a large utility room off the kitchen that is well fitted with cupboards and has access to the back garden.

Upstairs, the three bedrooms are the usual configuration of two doubles and one single. The main bedroom is large with a good-sized mostly tiled shower room en suite. The upstairs landing is bright, thanks to the window in the side of the house.

The bathroom has a black and white colour scheme and is mostly tiled, and there is a guest lavatory downstairs. The small cul-de-sac location will appeal to young families. The house is also to the front of the estate, usually the preferred part of any new development.