Rathgar: Number 44 Grosvenor Road in Rathgar is a fine, double fronted period house that is for auction through Sherry FitzGerald on October 9th with a guide of €950,000.

With four bedrooms and 186 sq m (2,000 sq ft) it is a large house but it does have one drawback that may put growing families with young children off - a very small back garden.

The house last changed hands four years ago (in a private sale) and the previous owners sensitively renovated the 1860s house. The current owners updated the colour scheme and the house is now smart and stylish-looking and in walk-in condition.

There are two good-sized reception rooms to the front, one on either side of the hall.

The kitchen is at the back of the house and it has been extended so that it is now a good-looking working kitchen with a large dining area.

It has been done in an updated country-style so there is an exposed brick wall, Liscannor stone and timber flooring, and cream units topped with granite worktops.

The glazed roofed extension means that the kitchen is bright and sunny.

There are double doors opening onto the small patio garden which has been paved. Also at this level is a guest toilet and a utility room.

The redbrick house has several period features and the pleasantly proportioned rooms all have high ceilings and sash windows.

There are attractive coloured glass windows on the back half landing and at the front of the house on the spacious main landing.

During the renovation works one of the bedrooms was converted into a period-style bathroom and it now features a free-standing cast-iron bath complete with a Victorian copper and brass shower.

On the first floor there are three double bedrooms and on up in the second floor return at the top of the house is another bedroom with an en suite.

There is a garden to the front that has been nicely landscaped and there is side pedestrian access.

As a walk-in home in the heart of fashionable Dublin 6 this house will appeal to a family with adult children or buyers who are more interested in a large house than a good-sized garden.