Yet another large detached house in The Burnaby, Greystones, comes to the market this week, following the record £1.2 million fetched for a six-bedroom period house in the area earlier this month.

Nirvana, at Burnaby Road, will be auctioned on July 15, and should attract good interest because of its location, its provenance and some special features. Selling agent Jackson Stops McCabe are suggesting a guide price of £600,000plus.

Built in 1904, the house on a quarter acre was upgraded 13 years ago and has been run as a small nursing home for the past 12 years. With over 2,500 sq ft of living accommodation, there is also an adjoining self-contained apartment. In addition, planning permission has been obtained to build a two-storey extension comprising conservatory and bedrooms. These features combine to offer a large family home with scope for extended family living, or a home-based business, or use as nursing home or small guest-house. The white painted ivy-clad exterior is extremely attractive. A glazed tiled porch opens on to a large hall with fitted bookshelves along one wall.

To the left is a sittingroom, the most attractive room in the house. It has a large front facing window offering views of the sea, and a large square bay window, with window seat overlooking the lawn. There are alcove bookshelves, the walls are painted white and there is a brand new pale green carpet. The room on the other side of the hall is equally well proportioned. Once a bedroom, now a diningroom, the wash-hand basin in the corner strikes an incongruous note. There is a rear facing study with a door to the garden.

An arched entrance leads to a rear hall, and to a bathroom with shower, lavatory and wash-hand basin. The kitchen is in need of upgrading. A large room with a fine window, with an adjoining shelved pantry and a separate utility room, there is great potential here to create a modern functioning kitchen. A very fine staircase leads to a first floor return which contains two large bedrooms, each with a wash-hand basin, plus a bathroom, a shower room and a separate toilet. The first floor has two further large bedrooms and one small front facing bedroom with a lovely low window under the roof eaves.

There is access to the apartment from the front and rear of the house. The 695 sq ft apartment has four rooms - a large rectangular living room, a bedroom with wash-hand basin, a kitchen with fitted units, and a bathroom with pink coloured suite.

There is extensive parking in the front drive. The south facing country style garden has a lawn and flower beds.