Monkstown/€1.2 million-plus: Orna Mulcahy visits a refurbished Georgian house in a key location

A home, income and mews potential are all part of the package at 6 Montpelier Parade in Monkstown, a three-storey over basement house that is expected to fetch over €1.2 million at auction through Douglas Newman Good on March 4th.

The four-bedroom mid-terrace house has been substantially upgraded since it last came on the market two years ago. Refurbishment work includes damp proofing, rewiring, installing a new kitchen and bathrooms and stripping and polishing floors and doors.

A major plus is the 100 ft sunny back garden with its double garage with potential to be converted to a mews subject to the necessary planning permission.

The ochre-coloured house dates from the late 18th century and you can sense its great age in the low-built doorways and sloping floors. It is not especially large with a total of around 250.8 sq m (2,700 sq ft), but its flexible, even quirky, accommodation will appeal to a broad band of buyers.

The basement is given over to a modernised one-bedroom flat with separate access from the front. A wide flight of steps lead up to the front door which opens into a bright and elegant hallway. There are two good-sized interconnecting rooms off the hall - a diningroom to the front and a kitchen to the rear.

It's always good to see the kitchen installed at this level, instead of being hidden away in the basement, and in this case it's a nice bright room with smart maple units on either side, and French doors leading to the garden.

At the back of the hall a couple of steps lead down to the return level where there is a utility room leading on to a lobby area with fitted book shelves. This opens out into a terrific 18 ft conservatory with teak beams overhead, and one wall of exposed granite.

Walking up to the first floor an elegant landing window gives a good view of the garden and beyond, across the neighbourhood towards the Dublin Mountains. At this level, a drawingroom runs the full width of the house with three tall sash windows offering views over Dublin Bay. Double doors lead through to a smaller room that has an en suite shower room. Together these rooms could make a terrific main bedroom suite, if one were willing to sacrifice the drawingroom. New owners may have no alternative, as the next floor up, past another lovely landing window, has just two further bedrooms, and a bathroom where the bath is positioned to give the bather an ideal view of the sea.

Neutral colours throughout and minimal furniture add to the sense of space and light in this rather unusual house.