Family-friendly four-bed in Ballsbridge

Dublin 4: €1.45mMost of the 1950s houses in the Nutley area of Ballsbridge are fairly unremarkable in terms of design and architectural features. There are several different styles, but all those built when the estate was developed are large family homes with good gardens.

Despite being quite ordinary in appearance, when they do come on the market, they fetch high prices. That's because the location is good, and the houses suit families trading up and home owners trading down from larger houses in the area.

When Nutley houses have sold in recent years, they have for the most part been remodelled and that's probably what's going to happen to 13 Nutley Avenue, a four-bedroom detached house being auctioned by Douglas Newman Good on March 23rd, with a guide of €1.45 million.

The 163 sq m (1,755 sq ft) house was built in 1959 and has been well maintained by its owners. Upstairs there are four bedrooms, three doubles and a single, all bright with original pine floors. There's a small study, destined perhaps to become an en suite for the main bedroom and a small family bathroom.

Downstairs there is a study to one side of the hall and interconnecting reception rooms to the other. This area was extended in recent years and now has patio doors opening out onto a patio area. The eat-in kitchen is ready for a refurb and there is enough space to extend out the back as the garden is wide and long.

A large garage to the side provides further scope for extending the living accommodation. The house backs on to the wide open space provided by St Micheal's playing fields. Recently the front garden has been landscaped to provide off-street car-parking for several cars.