Dublin 14: €1.6mProperty economists who come up with low double-digit figures to describe the average growth in the second-hand house are usually keen to stress the "average" nature of their calculations.

In the more established parts of Dublin, prices are still soaring ahead and this house in Clonskeagh in Dublin 14 is a good example. Number 31 Whitethorn Road sold this time two years ago for €1.13 million. It's now on the market again, with no significant alternations, with an advised minimum value (AMV) of €1.6 million and, given the way the AMVs have been performing in the auction rooms, it is reasonable to predict that it will go for higher. It is for auction through Lisney on April 12th.

These redbrick Crampton-built houses vary slightly in style and greatly in size and are all much sought-after as family homes. This is one of the larger houses in the estate with 148sq m (1,600sq ft) and four bedrooms. The bathroom has a free-standing bath as well as a separate shower unit.

Attractive original features in these houses include oak parquet flooring in a herringbone pattern and here it is in most of the ground floor rooms, including the hall and the two adjoining reception rooms. A glazed door in the back reception room opens out to the back garden.

The eat-in kitchen is a really welcoming space. It was extended by previous owners and it features well-designed modern-looking units painted a bluey green, smart understairs storage incorporated into the design, a cast-iron stove set into a highly decoratively tiled alcove and doors out to the back garden.

Much of the garage to the side of the house with access off the kitchen has been fitted out as a utility room and there is also a downstairs toilet.

The front garden has been landscaped for low maintenance but it is still full of shrubs and flowering plants and the back garden is around 21 metres long.