A spacious four-bedroom period house in Phibsboro, Dublin 7, has come on the market on a quiet residential road within walking distance of the city centre. Agent Gunne is quoting a guide price of between £240,000 and £250,000 for 13 Rathdown Road, Dublin 7, which is due to be auctioned on May 5th next.

However, with the migration of young professionals to this suburb in recent years, this mid-terrace redbrick could achieve more on the day. Although the house could do with some minor decorating, it has been refurbished in recent times and the roof was replaced three years ago. Its proportions are pleasing, however, and it has many of its Victorian features intact, such as decorative ceiling cornicing with fine centre roses in the two adjoining reception rooms. A large garage at the back with access onto a laneway offers some development potential.

There is an extra wide hallway with ornate cornicing and understairs storage that might convert to a downstairs cloakroom. The sittingroom is spacious and bright and it has a bay window and marble fireplace. Double doors connect with a slightly smaller diningroom and this also comes with a marble fireplace. Down a couple of steps to the hall return, there is a breakfastroom with a modern gas fire.

A door leads to a big bright kitchen with plenty of room for family dining. This has a range of serviceable but dated white units which a new owner might decide to replace over time. On the first floor return there is a double bedroom with an attractive blue and red stained glass door. The family bathroom has a power shower, tiled floor and has attic access. Three further bedrooms, two doubles and one single, are on the first floor.

The bedroom has a period fireplace with original tiles and a fitted wardrobe and there is a linen cupboard on the top landing. The garden is railed with hedges and a lawn to the front. At the back, the garden is walled with hedges, mature blossom trees and a lawn. Plans to transform the nearby former psychiatric hospital at Grangegorman into a Dublin Institute of Technology will revitalise and increase letting potential in the immediate area if realised.

Of particular interest to residents of Rathdown Road will be the proposed closure of Grangegorman Lower - a measure that will greatly reduce vehicular traffic on the road. A pedestrian route will link Rathdown and Grangegorman with Bolton Street and King's Inns.