Long lawns lead to college

One of the selling points of 108 Sandford Road in Ranelagh, Dublin 6, is the privacy and seclusion of its 100 ft long rear garden, which is adjacent to the grounds of Muckross Park College.

Close to Ranelagh and Donnybrook villages, this redbrick home, with a distinctive mansard-style roof, will be auctioned on October 4th through Sherry FitzGerald. The guide price is £550,000 (€635,000).

The large back garden also offers prospective buyers the opportunity to extend, subject to planning permission, while still retaining a large garden.

The neat front garden is mostly in lawn with some manicured hedging and a large driveway which leads to a detached garage with an up and over door.

With 1,100 sq ft of accommodation, the house has two generously proportioned reception rooms - a large livingroom decorated in warm tones to the front with a brick fireplace and an expansive bay window overlooking the front garden.

The diningroom to the front of the house is also spacious.

To the rear of the ground floor area is the kitchen, pantry and guest toilet. The selling agents reckon there is potential to amalgamate these rooms into one kitchen/breakfastroom.

There are four bedrooms upstairs. The main bedroom to the front is a large bright room with a large bay window.

Also at this level is a full bathroom with bath and shower attachment. The property is alarmed and has gas central heating.