£520,000-plus for riverside four-bed

Eglinton Park in Donnybrook, Dublin is a quiet cul-de-sac off Eglinton Road with modest pre-war semi-detached houses. Number 28, which has a good sized garden backing on to the Dodder river changed hands recently in a private sale and has since been extended and refurbished from top to bottom.

Now back on the market, the four-bedroom house is expected to fetch over £520,000 at a Gunne Residential auction on June 29th. The adjoining house was sold last year for £392,000.

The strong guide price on number 28 reflects the work that has been done but also its prime location off one of Donnybrook's most affluent roads. It's a house that will appeal to a broad range of buyers including couples trading down, young families or investors from outside Dublin looking for a base for themselves or their college-going children.

The 1,475 sq ft house has plenty of space for entertaining with the usual twin interconnecting reception rooms extending into a third room with French doors opening onto a timber deck. The two former rooms, a livingroom and a diningroom have reproduction white marble fireplace and polished timber floors. In fact the original wooden floors throughout the house have been stripped back and polished.

To the rear of the hall is a shower room and a kitchen which has country style pine units and a marble type floor tile throughout. The units have granite work-tops and integrated appliances are to be included in the sale.

Off the kitchen is a small utility room with extra storage space and plumbing for a washing machine.

A smartly decorated bathroom with a black and white theme, and an old cast iron bath is shared by all four upstairs bedrooms.

The back garden is fringed by mature trees that screen the house from the river. Planted with mature apple trees and shrub roses it has an unexpectedly secluded feel.