Both red-brick, six-bed properties are in the same ownership, with the end-ofterrace (No 23) being the family home, while next door (No 25) is fully run as a bed & breakfast.

Just down the road is the National Botanic Gardens, while the city centre is 25 minutes' walk away.

Siding on to Iona Road, the corner position of No 23 ensures there are goodsized gardens and also generous off-street parking.

The entrance hall has the characteristic decorative arch and picture rail that signals late 19th-century style, while leading off to the right is a fine drawing room with oak floors and marble fireplace.

Original features in the dining room include a castiron fireplace and a picture rail. To the end of the hallway is the kitchen, fully fitted and with tiled floor.

A large double bedroom with en-suite bathroom and fitted wardrobes completes the ground floor accommodation.

On the first floor return is another double bedroom with en suite.

Three more bedrooms are on the first floor, two with shower rooms and one with cast-iron fireplace, while on the second floor return is another bedroom with separate shower room.

The walk-in attic offers additional storage space.

Outside, the garden is landscaped with a large lawn. At the rear is a detached garage with mews potential (subject to planning permission).

No 25 Botanic Road is currently laid out for B&B accommodation. There is great demand for these period red-bricks as spacious family homes and this property would also revert back to such use.

Like its neighbour, its period character remains largely intact, from the entrance hall with high ceilings, and picture and dado rails.

The living room has a large bay window, marble fireplace and ceiling coving;

what was the dining room is currently used as a bedroom with en-suite and fitted wardrobe.

In the breakfast room, the original brick chimney breast has been exposed and an old-style Aga installed for decorative purposes.

A door leads directly to the fitted kitchen.

Off the rear lobby is the utility room, shower room, and double bedroom ensuite.

Upstairs are the five guest bedrooms en-suite, including a large storage room on the second floor return.

To the rear of the property, the garden has been paved and there is a large garage.

Price: No 23 Botanic Road, AMV 1.2m at auction on 8 June; No 25 Botanic Road, AMV 1.1m at auction Agent: Douglas Newman Good (01-8300989)