Dormer bungalow has an air of privacy

Lisney is suggesting a guide price of £450,000-plus for 4 Southwinds, a detached four-bedroom house tucked away at the end of a cul-de-sac off Ulverton Road, in Dalkey, Co Dublin. Ideal as a home for those trading down, the dormer bungalow is a short walk from Dalkey village with its shops and restaurants.

The house has a great sense of privacy to it. Protected by high hedges, it has good off-street parking as well as a garage and workshop that could be converted to a home office or consulting room, subject to the necessary planning permission.

Gardeners will also be attracted to this property because it is surrounded by greenery. The previous owner divided the grounds into a series of lawned areas and patios, planting a multitude of climbers to cling to the old granite boundary wall.

The 1,900 sq. ft house has an enclosed porch leading into a spacious hallway. Immediately to the left is a pleasant study, while on the right hand side a wide corridor has three bedrooms, one with an en suite shower room, leading off it. Straight ahead is the drawing-room, a long bright room with a wall of windows overlooking the west-facing side garden. A French-style fireplace is fitted with a gas fire.

Double doors open into a dining-room where sliding doors lead to a clematis-clad patio. Off the dining-room is the kitchen, a good-sized room that needs refitting. New owners may decide to knock this room through to the dining-room to make one big room with a garden on two sides.

The kitchen leads back into the rear hall and its bedrooms. There is also a family bathroom.

A narrow staircase leads up to the main bedroom, a big bright attic room running the full depth of the house with a picture window giving a nice view of St Patrick's Church.

The room has lots of storage in the eaves and off to one side is a spacious en suite shower room.

The house has gas fired central heating and good alarm system.