A four-bedroom period house in a superbly-convenient Dublin 4 location is to be auctioned on the July 11The location, equidistant from Sandymount village and Ballsbridge and close to two DART stations, is first-rate. While some touches are still required to completely restore number 17, such as replacing metal window frames at the front, extensive work has been done and the 1,563 sq ft house is presented in very good order.

A terrazzo-floored porch opens into a wide hallway with polished wood floors and good under-stairs storage. The dining and sittingrooms are connected by sliding doors and are particularly bright.

The owners have extended the windows to the back garden, fashioning a sunroom effect with French doors out to a cobbled terrace. The floors have been stripped and waxed and there is a smart limestone and slate fireplace in the sittingroom.

Probably the most attractive room in the house is the blue-painted kitchen/breakfastroom, extended into the garage and fitted with bleached oak units. There is a small sunroom addition here too and a good utility room in a sectioned-off part of the integral garage.

There are two double and two single bedrooms, a small bathroom and separate toilet upstairs. One of the rooms is fitted with wall-to-wall bookshelves and currently used as a study. Planning permission has been granted to extend over the garage and into the large roof space, adding another bedroom and bathroom.

The southwest-facing gardens are a high point - very secluded at the back and planted with a variety of flowering shrubs. A tall maple spreads across the lawn and a garden shed and outside toilet are covered with clematis montana.

At the front, a tall silver beech dominates and a side passage leads round to the back garden and cobbled terrace.