Dublin 6: €2.25m  A large Rathgar period home is tops inside and out, writes Eoin Lyons

Douglas Newman Good will auction 62 Highfield Road in Rathgar, Dublin 6 on June 10th with a guide of €2.25 million.

While the interior offers plenty of space in rooms that vary nicely between formal and relaxed, what's outside will no doubt be of equal appeal to potential buyers.

There is space for about five cars at the front of the house, which is clad in ivy. To one side is a coach-house - an indication of the building's Georgian heritage - which the current owners have seamlessly connected to the main house.

The coach-house has resulted in an unusually wide garden for the period of this house and, at the rear, the outdoor space is nothing less than idyllic, including a flagstone patio, large curving pond, fountain, lawn, pagoda, green house, children's playhouse in the shape of a boat and even a few resident ducks.

From granite steps at the front, one enters the hall with interconnecting reception rooms to the right (all original features intact). This space is filled with light thanks to an extra long window above a high return on the stairs. This atmosphere sets the tone for the family-oriented house.

To the left, in what was the coach-house, is a bedroom and large bathroom (as elsewhere, this is fitted with top-of-the-range sanitary ware). Upstairs, there are two bedrooms and a mosaic tiled shower room. The main bedroom is to the front and looks out to the mature trees that line the other side of the road. Downstairs is a very cosy and spacious family room with an abundance of oak (staircase, doors, floor) with doors opening to the patio. The kitchen is off this room, a stylish space with contemporary units and original terracotta tiles. Beside it is a utility room and also at this level are a playroom, a secondary kitchen (the current owner is a photographer and uses this space as a dark room) and another bedroom with shower room.

Much time and thought, not to mind money, has been spent making this house an incredibly comfortable home, in which it is easy to live and entertain. It's location at the Rathgar end of Highfield Road, beside a small park is convenient, to the city centre and local schools.