Fashionable cottage in heart of Dún Laoghaire

DUN LAOGHAIRE: €395,000:WHEN IMAGE magazine's fashion editor, Sive O'Brien, first put her cottage on 35 Mulgrave Street, Dún Laoghaire, on the market in 2009 it was priced at €595,000.

Two years on and the two-bed, terraced house on a road of cute, villa-style houses close to Dún Laoghaire town centre is now asking €395,000 through Sherry FitzGerald .

It might be relatively bijou at 65sq m (700sq ft), but it has the generous proportions of a bigger house, with 10ft high ceilings, big sash windows and a 40ft back garden with a deck and seated bench area. It is crammed with period features, including the tiled hall and the fireplaces.

The cottage is airy and light-filled, with lots of Velux windows and solid wood floors, and it has two double bedrooms. The main one, to the front, has a feature wall covered in pale, shimmery vintage wallpaper. The livingroom, with its high ceiling and space for a big sofa, opens to a long, light room full of windows that doubles as a diningroom and home office.

There’s a newly fitted galley-style kitchen leading off this room. The second double bedroom overlooks the rear garden. The bathroom is a wet room with a new walk-in power shower.

A converted attic space with a Velux window is currently used as an office, and has ample eaves storage.