Sea and mountain views in Monkstown

Co Dublin/€3.35m: With an AMV of €3.35 million, number 36 Belgrave Square in Monkstown looks like a lot of house for the money.

The end-of-terrace six-bedroom house stands three-storey over basement with a floor area of 538sq m (5,000sq ft) and a good south-facing garden. With views of the sea across the rooftops to the front, and the mountains to the rear, it has the perfect orientation, and with off-street parking for several cars and a boat, it will appeal to families who need plenty of space in a good location. It will be auctioned by Douglas Newman Good on March 22nd. The house next door is also on the market through Sherry FitzGerald with an asking price of €5.65 million. It's a larger house, double fronted and with a totally renovated interior.

These tall white houses overlook the two-acre gardens at the centre of Belgrave Square which the residents acquired some years ago and now maintain themselves.

Inside number 36 is a comfortable and charming home, which has kept the best of its original features - a hallway floored in Portland stone, crisp plasterwork in every room and no less than 10 working fireplaces. The owners have lived here for 20 years, enjoying the views of the ferries arriving and departing from the bedroom window, and cultivating the large back garden. At hall level they have a large book-lined study to the front with double doors leading through to a formal diningroom.

Across the hall is a cosy sittingroom - a rarity in a house of this style - while at the back of the hall steps lead down to a kitchen which is small but with a view of the garden. Upstairs, there is a deep landing that would make an ideal study. The first floor has a large bedroom, and a superb drawingroom with three windows looking out over the square. Double doors lead through to a large room, used as a bedroom. The top floor has four further bedrooms, one of which has an en suite. There is also a family bathroom with Victorian-style tub and basin.

The basement level has been carved up to create a self-contained one-bedroom apartment at the front of the house, while the original kitchen and various store rooms await a new owner who may wish to rethink the entire basement floor.