£850,000-plus for refurbished four-bed

Totally refurbished by a builder and ready to walk into, 37 Nutley Lane, in Donnybrook, Dublin 4, is expected to fetch over £850,000 at a Lisney auction on March 14th. The four-bedroom semi-detached house is located directly opposite the entrance to Elm Park Golf Club, and just doors away from RTE.

This is a busy main road but the house is set well back with a good-sized parking area in front. Number 37 is a solid family home with almost 3,000 sq. ft of living space and potential to extend into the floored attic.

There are four reception rooms on the ground floor - a formal dining-room at the front of the house; a very large drawing-room incorporating a dining area with a conservatory style roof and French doors to the back garden; a study and a large breakfast-room beside the kitchen.

The L-shaped kitchen is disappointingly small - though it is well fitted with attractive maple units. It leads on to a utility room, which in turn connects to a sizeable store room, which was the original garage.

Upstairs, all the bedrooms are doubles and the main bedroom, which overlooks the back garden is particularly large.

It has an en suite shower room, as does a guest bedroom while the remaining two bedrooms share a family bathroom.

The back garden is over 75 ft long and has a smart, brick-built summer house that could suit many uses.