On location with an agent in Dalkey

Agent: Sherry FitzGerald

Number of properties on the books: 15

People are looking for: good quality family houses or something to trade down to

Fastest sale: a four-bedroom detached house on Castlepark Road. Sold prior to auction in 10 days for over the €1.25 million guide

Most expensive property: The Kish restaurant, with permission to convert to a three-bedroom house on the water's edge. Quoting €4 million

Cheapest property: Guiding €540,000 prior to auction on July 6th, a two-bedroom ground floor apartment in Pilot View, Harbour Road

What won't shift? Nothing because market under-supplied

Average rent for a two-bedroom property: €1,200

Daytime Dalkey: Idlewilde café for breakfast, Exchange bookshop for browsing, new French interiors shop La Maison, Cuala GAA club, pool at Fitzpatrick's Castle Hotel. Tramyard and Dalkey art galleries. Good drama groups. Seaside and hill walks. Boat trips to Dalkey island. Lunch at Nosh, In, the Queen's, Country Bake or Thyme Out (take away)

After dark: Celebrity spotting at Finnegan's, music at McDonagh's, sitting outdoors at The Queen's. Pizza at Ragazzi, or eat out at Thai House, Nosh, Jaipur, Benito's or Don Giovanni's

Issues: Dart stoppages at weekends

in conversation with Kate McMorrow