Dublin 6: €1.5m: With all the completely renovated houses that have come on the market on nearby roads this year, 7 Palmerston Gardens offers quite a different opportunity.

The Edwardian four-bedroom house is not in original condition but other than maintenance and basics, such as central heating, and some updating, little has been done to the house in years. The solid red brick structure of 209 sq m (2,250 sq ft) is a lovely family home on a quiet road close to Palmerston Park and it is for auction on June 9th through Elliott & FitzGerald with a guide of €1.5 million.

Downstairs the hallway has a distinctive decorative oak balustrade which is a particularly attractive feature and the hall, as well as the upstairs landing, are spacious and bright because there are windows in the gable wall of the semi-detached house.

There are two large interconnecting rooms downstairs and a small old conservatory off the dining room at the back of the house. The front reception room is the larger of the two, with a deep bay, and both rooms have original marble fireplaces. There is also an under-stairs wc and a cloakroom as well as a small walk-in pantry off the hall that, although charming, probably won't survive the inevitable makeover by new owners.

There is a good old-fashioned breakfast room and a kitchen with plenty of scope to easily create a very spacious modern eat-in kitchen particularly if the conservatory is incorporated into the new design.

Upstairs there are four bedrooms, a bathroom and a separate wood-panelled wc. Three of the bedrooms are large doubles but the forth bedroom is a small single between the bathroom and wc and as both these could do with updating, new owners may decide to incorporate this small bedroom into large new bathroom. The house is off the road with off-street parking for one car and the 90 ft back garden is lined with flowering shrubs and trees. There is side as well as rear access and out of sight at the back of the house is a garage.