£340,000 for city cottage

A pretty cottage-style redbrick in Drumcondra is for sale by private treaty through Lisney. The asking price has been reduced to £340,000 (€431,700) from £370,000 (€469,800) since it was first launched on the market some weeks ago.

Dargle View, 1 Shanganagh Road, is the former ground-keeper's cottage for the Monastery of St Alphonsus. As such, it has some fine period adornment, such as high ceilings, decorative cornices and old cast-iron fireplaces.

There are four bedrooms in the 1,400 sq ft cottage, although one of these, with ornate coving off the hallway, could be used as a study or family room. The bright yellow sittingroom has an elegant fireplace and built-in shelves and cupboards. Bedroom four is also off the hall and a diningroom - with cast-iron fireplace - leads into the oak-fitted kitchen. Off this is a small breakfastroom which opens on to a veranda and the back garden.

The bathroom and two bedrooms are also downstairs, one at the front and the other looking out on the back garden. Upstairs, there is walk-in storage under the eaves. The main bedroom here has an attractive sloped ceiling, stained floorboards and Velux windows. The back garden is a real surprise, large, walled and with a good stock of mature borders and shrubs. The patio area is a good size and there is a garden shed.