Sherry FitzGerald's aerial photograph of White Rock on the Vico Road in Dalkey shows a creeper-clad house surrounded by greenery and the agents are suggesting that whoever buys the house which is on the southern slopes of Dalkey Hill will be as interested in the 0.85 acre site as they are in the house itself.

The auction is on July 25th and the guide is £1 million (€1.27).

The detached house which dates from the early part of the last century is in need of refurbisment.

It has three bedrooms upstairs and downstairs there is a kitchen, a diningroom and a hall.

Even if the new owners are not interested in trying to develop the site they will certainly want to extend, and greatly improve the house's living accommodation. At the back is a large wooden chalet which is there since the days that city folk took their holidays in Dalkey and rented holiday homes there.

As well as the private setting the house enjoys magnificent sea views, which is bound to be another strong selling point.