DUN LAOGHAIRE - €700,000:HIGHTHORN PARK off Lower Mounttown Road in Dún Laoghaire is an address that could be described as recession-proof.

Its modest 1950s houses don't come on the market too often but when they do, they tend to sell well, even in a downturn.

Earlier this year, Gunne fetched around €730,000 for a particularly nice three-bedroom house with a converted attic and a long sunny garden. Now a nearby house, number 39, has come on the market, also through Gunne where Kathy Crowe is handling enquiries. The asking price is €700,000.

It's a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house with a converted attic and planning permission to convert a garage into extra living space. The total floor area, including the garage, is 132sq m (1,420sq ft).

Renovated by the current owners, the house is in walk-in condition. To one side of the entrance hall a long galley kitchen runs from front to back of the house and also connects to the sittingroom.

Across the hall, are two interconnecting reception rooms, the diningroom to the front leads through to a sittingroom with French doors to a deck and the garden.

Upstairs, two double bedrooms and a single room share the family bathroom. A further set of stairs leads up to the attic where there is is an office with a solid oak floor. There is good eaves storage off this room and a small en suite cloakroom.

The long front garden is nicely landscaped and there is room to park several cars in the drive.

39 Highthorn Park, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin

Three-bedroom end-of- terrace house with long garden at a good address

Agent:Gunne