Dublin 4: €1.8m Sandymount Avenue, Dublin 4 is the long road which runs from the RDS to the edge of Sandymount village. It has a Dart station at one end and plenty of period houses lining either side.

Number 61 Sandymount Avenue is one of a pair of high, double fronted, early 1800s houses close to the village. Its two storeys over garden level has a floor area of 168sq m (1,800sq ft) with four bedrooms, three reception rooms and a kitchen/breakfastroom. Original features have been cared for, as has the house which is in pristine condition.

Bennets is looking after the sale and, with an AMV of €1.8 million, it will hold the auction on June 1st.

The delightful rear garden is a definite plus and, at 200ft long, something of a rarity so close to the city offering the possibility, depending on planning permission, to extend. The main reception rooms, on the ground floor, and entrance hall level, benefit from the light through long, sash windows and the views these give of the garden. There is a front-facing bedroom at this level, too, added when part of the diningroom was artfully hived off. The restfully green diningroom has an original, polished timber floor. The sandy coloured drawingroom has similar flooring and an original marble fireplace.

A large chimney breast of stripped back brick gives a rustic feel to a family room at garden level, a mood continued in the kitchen/breakfastroom where the timber units are handmade and there are ceiling beams, a Belfast sink and cast-iron fireplace. French doors lead to the rear garden.

There is a great deal of light on the return, where there is a large, family bathroom, and on the landing which has a long sash window. The bedrooms have light-giving sash windows and the main one is en suite.