IT’S in rag order, admits auctioneer, Kenneth Hogan, but at €75,000, this postage stamp cottage has a city-centre foothold.

THE word bijou (meaning small and elegant) might have been coined to describe Dundanion Cottage. The smart, two-bedroomed house has an equally smart Blackrock Road address, a renovated interior - brightened by a large roof light - and a private, south-facing back garden.