Move in and then decide what you want to do at this €545k family home in Maryborough Estate 

GIVEN how solid the neighbourhood is and how walkable it is to Douglas village, it will surprise no-one that No 6 Lime Trees Road East, in Maryborough Estate, is already under offer at €25,000 above the €545,000 guide price.

Although a little dated, it’s been well looked after, and, as selling agent Mark Gosling of Behan, Irwin & Gosling says, it’s “entirely livable”.

A 134 sq m four-bedroom, detached home, it’s a surefire family buy, with new owners likely to modernise and bump up the bathroom count (currently one). There’s scope to expand, to the side or rear, or both, pushing further back into the garden than a previous mini extension did, with doors to the lovely, enclosed rear garden with patio.

Mr Gosling says No 6 is “an exceptional opportunity to create a dream home”.

“While it needs modernisation, it’s generously proportioned, with great potential for reconfiguration or refurbishment,” he says.

The property includes a detached garage. There’s an abundance of amenities in the area: schools, shopping centres, cafés, restaurants.

VERDICT: Opportunity to buy into mature estate in popular neighbourhood. Very strong family option.