A pretty cottage right in the centre of Dalkey at 27 Tubbermore Avenue is for sale by private treaty through Sherry Fitzgerald for £365,000 (463,450).

A naval blue door with shiny brass fittings and flower-filled window boxes on either side is your first modest view of this house. Once inside, the space opens up into an airy, light-filled interior with three bedrooms and plenty of living space. The house was completely redesigned by architects Scott Tallon Walker.

There are two bedrooms on opposite sides of the hall: one is good double, the other is a small guest room which could also be used as a study or livingroom. There is also a guest toilet and the main bathroom is on the left of the hall.

From this part of the hall another door leads into a lobby and then into a great living space which is more than 30 ft long and is divided into a large square kitchen/diningroom and an almost equally large sittingroom. This is an extension of the original cottage but has been kept very much in the original style with a half-hipped, wood-clad ceiling and two large Velux windows in each of the two rooms. The kitchen has red quarry tiles and wooden units along one wall.

Beyond this, the livingroom has two large windows in two of the walls, a glazed door into the garden and a fireplace with a simple surround and a gas fire. This lovely bright room benefits from a view of the garden visible through each window. The master bedroom is to the right of the kitchen and is a good size with a window overlooking the garden and a row of built-in presses along one wall.

Outside, the paved L-shaped garden is a perfect retreat. Filled with mature plants and a high-cut stone wall to the rear, it is private and sunny.

A mature jasmine is trained up a trellis to conceal a bin and garden tools while a small boiler-house also provides storage. Around the corner there is plenty of room to sit out, surrounded by more beautiful planting.