Older properties in Clontarf with well-kept mature gardens tend to attract steady interest regardless of fluctuations in the housing market. They are generally visually pleasing and have an air of permanency from generations of family occupancy.

The owners of Greenore, a four-bedroom semi-detached house at 41 Mount Prospect Avenue, are now moving southside, leaving behind a 1,525 sq ft house in immaculate decorative condition. Agent Sherry FitzGerald is guiding £525,000 (#666,610) for the house prior to auction on June 20th. Number 41 Mount Prospect Avenue is close to the junction of Seafield Road, minutes from the seafront, good schools and the DART. The pebble-dashed house is set back from the road at the end of a sweeping driveway, with double bow windows.

A diningroom to the front has the downstairs bay window and links with the sittingroom, which has French doors out to the meticulously tended garden. Both rooms have mahogany mantelpieces and polished wood floors. The pink-painted kitchen/breakfastroom has a tiled floor and another door to the garden. There is also a useful study/television room across the hall from the diningroom and a guest toilet.

Upstairs, two of the four bedrooms are doubles and the others are good-sized single rooms. Three include built-in wardrobes. A full bathroom and separate shower-room are off the landing. The west-facing back garden is a delight - extremely well-landscaped, with a "bowling green" lawn, crazy-paving terrace and a good display of colour.