Dundrum/€550,000: Larchfield is a secluded cul-de-sac off the Dundrum Road, completely hidden from the main road in a maturing curve of trees. Larchfield's detached houses, with their good-sized gardens, were built in the late 1970s and don't often come on the market.

Number 13 Larchfield, tucked away in the cul-de-sac's innermost corner and with a rear garden big enough to allow for extending, is for sale through agent Gunne, which is quoting a guide of €550,000. The 84sq m (900sq ft) three-bed has a good-sized, open-plan double reception room.

Full advantage has been taken of number 13's large, end site. Devotedly and imaginatively cared for gardens along with high boundary trees to the side and rear lend a pastoral air which is not at all dispelled by bedroom window views of the nearby, and wonderful, Luas bridge in Dundrum.

The 25ft long reception room runs from the front of the house, where there is a miniature bay window, to the rear where a long window overlooks the garden. The kitchen/breakfastroom painted cork flooring. Sliding patio doors lead to steps down to the back garden.

The hallway is given light by a window to the side of the front door and there is storage/cloak hanging space under the stairs. The main bedroom has built-in shelving and a window overlooking tree tops. A second front bedroom has a high, built-in bunk bed with study/storage space underneath. The third bedroom overlooks the rear garden.

Designed so that everything seems to centre on the grand oak tree in a corner, the rear garden has a central sunken area surrounded by plants and shrubs. Elsewhere, there are bushy daisies, heathers, roses and a clematis climbing about a shed. Gravelled walks make for lower maintenance and miniature trees include maple, beech and cherry. There is a driveway at the front.