A guide price of £490,000 (€622,171) is being suggested by Lowe & Associates for 18 Butterfield Drive, a four-bedroom semi-detached house to be auctioned on 22nd March next.

Number 18 measures 1,500 sq ft, not including the attached garage. The owners, who have lived here for almost half a century, are trading down. The house has been well maintained and was recently redecorated throughout.

Most of the elegant prewar features are intact, including wood-panelled hall walls, real leaded windows and original panelled doors with brass fittings. More modern additions are a large converted attic room and a built-in bar. Three original stained glass windows give light to the hall and staircase. To the left, there is a diningroom to the front with a fine mahogany and tile fireplace. Doors open to the sittingroom, also with an original fireplace and French doors out to a terrace.

There is a good-sized study to the right of the hall. The breakfastroom, working kitchen and pantry are at the back of the house overlooking the garden.

There are two double bedrooms and one single on the first floor. The two larger rooms have built-in wardrobes and one has an original fireplace. The family bathroom is as large as many modern single bedrooms. A timber spiral staircase leads to the large attic room, which has a bathroom.

The 93 ft by 33 ft walled back garden is well stocked. There is parking at the front.