Killiney/€895,000: A small house with a big view is one way to describe Chalfont on Glenalua Road in Killiney. The three-bedroom detached house sits on an elevated site overlooking Killiney Bay with views all the way to Dún Laoghaire on one side, Bray Head on the other.

It's on the market through Douglas Newman Good with an advised minimum value (AMV) of €895,000 prior to auction on May 12th.

For those who think that Killiney is all about big houses behind electronic gates, Glenalua Road is a real find. You take a sharp right turn off Killiney Hill Road, before the Druid's Chair pub, and immediately you're into what feels like a village, with narrow avenues leading off the road in either direction, and a charming collection of houses of all shapes and sizes. Glenalua Road is a cul-de-sac with a right of way through Killiney Golf Course which is a very popular route for walkers.

Built in the 1950s, Chalfont is a tall thin house with the livingroom and kitchen upstairs and the bedrooms on the ground floor. There is off-street car-parking and a pocket handkerchief front garden. Two double bedrooms and a single lead off the entrance hall along with a small bathroom. The smallest room has access to the paved sunny patio at the rear.

Upstairs, there's a small shower room for guests. The livingroom is a gorgeous bright space, with two picture windows looking out to sea. The view is particularly lovely when there's a full moon over the water, says the owner who has been admiring it for 14 years. A good-sized kitchen next door gives a different view all the way to Dún Laoghaire pier.