Spacious coach house with original features

Monkstown €480,000: A terraced two-bedroom mews house on Monkstown Road in Monsktown, Co Dublin is set for auction through Harper O'Grady on November 10th.

The pretty two-storey house is guided at €480,000 and, while its location and potential should push the price over €500,000, the lack of off-street car-parking on such a busy road will be a consideration for house hunters.

Originally a coach house to one of the big Victorian houses on Belgrave Square (check), number 34 is a surprisingly spacious two-bed with over 137 sq m (1,480 sq ft) of living space.

Protected by a wall and high hedging, the front garden is reasonably large and provides a pretty outlook from the reception rooms on either side of the hallway. Both are big airy rooms that run from front-to-back of the house with high ceilings and original fireplaces. Arched windows in each room overlook the tiny back yard which is accessed via the lean-to kitchen. New owners will almost certainly renovate or even rebuild the lean-to though there is not a huge amount of space to extend.

Upstairs, the two bedrooms lead off a landing that is big enough to double as a study or sittingroom. The bedrooms share a bathroom with quaint original fittings including a huge cast-iron bath. Number 34 needs full redecoration but it has the potential to be a really comfortable compact home in a popular location.