Belgrave Road: €1.95m Belgrave Square East: €550,000 Sefton, an early 20th century four-bedroom house on Belgrave Road, just around the corner from Belgrave Square in Monkstown, Co Dublin, is an impeccably well-kept solid family house.

The young family who live there have added a number of features to make it a comfortable modern home.

It will be sold at auction on June 16th through Sherry FitzGerald with a guide of €1.95 million.

A manicured front lawn leads up to a front door with an original stained glass panel and into a square hall. Two interconnecting reception rooms open off it, as does the large kitchen/diningroom with a granite counter top and tiled floor. The oak-floored diningroom area opens through double doors to the back garden and through doors at the side into a patio area. A compact utility room has a useful pantry.

Upstairs are four bedrooms: the main bedroom has a large bay window and a window seat from where you can glimpse the sea. There is another view of the sea from one of the back bedrooms. The family bathroom has green panelling, a bath and a double shower. Stairs lead up to the attic room, currently an au pair's room. The back garden has a lawn and two patio areas, and a garage which could be converted for other uses. Residents' parking for two cars on the road comes with the property.

A quirky and very private two-bedroom mews house tucked into a corner of Belgrave Square in Monkstown, Co Dublin, is 60sq m (687sq ft) of compact space that would make it a perfect "room for a single lady". The Lodge, 19a Belgrave Square East, has more than one room of course, but it is a neat self-contained house that could suit somebody of the same disposition.

The house was built 30 years ago at the rear of a big house on Seafield Avenue. It is now for sale through Sherry FitzGerald by private treaty, with a guide of €550,000.

A tiny woodland garden leads to a gate opening into the Lodge. Inside, the property consists mainly of one open-plan living space with steps down to a cosy area by a fireplace with a red-tiled floor. One good-sized room - which could be bedroom or study - opens off it, as does the bathroom. A small galley kitchen, with brand new units, also opens off the main room. A wooden spiral staircase leads up to a bright attic area with Velux windows that would make a peaceful bedroom.

The Lodge has been partly refurbished - it has oatmeal carpets throughout and the new kitchen - but will need more work. Outside is a small sheltered patio area on three sides of the house. There is residents' disc parking on Belgrave Square, and the possibility of access to the lovely leafy square.