Family-friendly house has fine views

Dalkey: €1.65m A detached house near the DART in Dalkey has matured nicely over the years. Joyce Hickey reports

DART commuters who live life at the last minute will be drawn to Weston, a five-bedroom detached family home on Ardeevin Road, which is just one minute's walk from Dalkey station and village. Lisney is quoting a guide price of €1.65 million and the auction is scheduled for October 27th.

Built in 1950 and with 213.6 sq m (2,300 sq ft) of living space, the friendly double-fronted house occupies a mature, imposing site with a wide front garden and a drive that fits up to eight cars. The airy hall has clever storage nooks as well as a guest toilet to the front.

Off the hall, to the right, is a country-style kitchen / breakfastroom that soaks up the sun as the back of the house faces south-west. Glass doors lead to the diningroom, at the front of the house, and there is also a handy utility room off the kitchen. More glass doors open out to a sun-trap patio.

To the left of the hall is a large, bay-windowed drawingroom with a marble fireplace, and a small study off this leads to a huge and most inviting conservatory with an 11-foot-high ceiling.

From here you can go back to the hall through a cosy television room or out to the back garden which has a large, sloping lawn and is well planted. There is a real sense of peaceful seclusion here as it is not overlooked.

Upstairs, to the right, are a double bedroom with clear sea views, and a fully tiled family bathroom with a shower that doubles as a steam enclosure. To the left are a single room currently fitted out as a study and two bright doubles, all overlooking the back garden.

The main bedroom is at the front, with a glorious view of the bay from the massive bedroom window and from the well-fitted en suite, which has space for a bath as well as another luxurious shower. All the bedrooms have fitted wardrobes, and the carpets and curtains, as well as some kitchen appliances, are included in the sale.