Family redbrick for £520,000

Houses on Gilford Road, Sandymount don't come on the market very often so this four-bedroom terraced redbrick located a short walk from the seafront should attract strong interest prior to being auctioned by Gunne on March 24th. Selling agent Peter Kenny is quoting a price in the region of £520,000. Number 8 is a spacious family house that would be particularly suitable for families with young children and live-in help since it has a bedroom with en suite shower room at the top of the house. It may also appeal to empty-nesters with larger homes in the area who want to trade down to an easy-to-manage period house.

The layout of the 2,000 sq ft house is fairly traditional with two fine interconnecting reception rooms leading off a high-ceilinged hallway. The soft pink carpet that covers both rooms unifies the space and makes it cosy. Each room has a striking dark marble fireplace and ornate ceiling cornices and roses.

Beyond these two rooms is a spacious kitchen cum breakfastroom with patio doors opening onto the paved back garden.

A redbrick arch in the kitchen houses a solid fuel stove and the pine units and bookshelves give it a comfortable feel. A guest lavatory is tucked away under the stairs. The family bathroom on the first landing is big enough to have once been a bedroom.

Next to it, what was probably the original bathroom is now a handy fully shelved boxroom. There are three bedrooms on the first floor, two comfortable doubles and a single room. The main bedroom at the front of the house has wide bay windows that catches the afternoon sun. Its blue carpet and forget-me-not blue walls make it an attractive restful room and it also has plenty of space for wardrobes and chests of drawers.

A second large room overlooks the back garden, and easily accommodates two twin beds while the third bedroom, which also overlooks the street, would be ideal as a study for smaller families. The bedroom at the top of the house has a bird's eye view over the surrounding rooftops, and a pretty cast-iron fireplace. The floored attic is accessed via a Stira pulldown ladder and new owners may consider extending the accommodation into the roof.