Dublin 14/€900,000: A large family home in a prime location is in walk-in condition.

In the redbrick Crampton-built estate in Clonskeagh the roads are all called after trees and over time it has turned out to be a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy as the roads are now leafy and appealing. The houses which vary slightly in style and greatly in size, are all much sought after as family homes partly because of the general attractiveness of the area but also because of the location which is close to all key amenities.

31 Whitethorn Road, Dublin 14 is a three-bedroom house for auction through Sherry FitzGerald on March 31st with a guide of €900,000. A similar sized house but in need of renovation on an adjacent road sold last month for just under this guide price. The current owners have lived here since 1989 and they waited 10 years before extending the house, which is a good thing for new owners as the extension, which made room for a large eat-in kitchen, is smart and contemporary.

This is one of the larger houses in the estate with 148 sq m (1,600 sq ft) and it originally had four bedrooms before one of the bedrooms was turned into a walk-in wardrobe by closing of the entrance to it from the hall and having it opening into the main bedroom.

Of the three bedrooms, two are large doubles, the third a single. The largest bedroom now opens into a walk-in wardrobe which is stylishly fitted out with shelves and hanging spaces behind sliding Japanese screens. The bathroom has a free-standing bath as well as a separate shower unit.

Attractive original features in these houses include oak parquet flooring and here it is in most of the ground floor rooms including the hall, and the two adjoining reception rooms. A glazed door in the back reception room, currently used as a formal diningroom, opens out to the back garden.

The eat-in kitchen is a really welcoming space, with well designed modern looking units, smart understairs storage incorporated into the design, a cast-iron stove set into a highly decoratively tiled alcove and doors out to the back garden.

The garage to the side of the house with access off the kitchen has been fitted out as a utility room and there is also a downstairs wc. The front garden has been landscaped for low maintenance but it is still full of shrubs and flowering plants and the back garden is around 70 ft long.