Location a big selling point of five-bed

ACROSS the road from the RTE studios, adjacent to University College, Dublin and 10 minutes by car or public transport from St Stephen's Green - the location of Mount Carmel, at 16 Airfield Park, Donnnybrook, Dublin 4, is probably one of its best selling points. Agent Ross McParland is guiding £575,000 at auction on April 27th next for this five-bedroom family house, built 10 years ago by the present owners whose family have now grown.

Airfield Park is a cul-de-sac backing on to UCD's horticultural lands and the Teresian school grounds are over the garden wall of Number 16.

Viewers will be impressed by the colourful decor and sheer spaciousness of the house. A leaded glass front door leads to a wide, timber-floored hallway with a guest cloakroom and storage cupboard.

To the right, the sittingroom has an Adam-style marble fireplace and a bay window with window seat. Double doors connect with the diningroom which, in turn, has doors to a conservatory, which catches the afternoon sun.

Across the hall, a comfortable family room has a marble fireplace with a gas fire and a bay window with window seat and storage underneath. The family room connects with the kitchen through double doors. This is a big, bright room with an extensive range of yellow-painted oak cupboards. All the electrical appliances, including fridge freezer, dishwasher and gas cooker, are included in the sale. There is an intercom from the kitchen to an attic office. A utility room off the kitchen has fitted units and a washing machine and there are doors to a side passage and the garden.

The smallest of the five bedrooms upstairs would pass for a double in most modern housing developments.

The main bedroom has a wall of fitted wardrobes and an en suite with a bath, power shower and gold-plated fittings. The other four bedrooms have fitted wardrobes and there are polished floor boards in the single room. The family bathroom on this floor has plenty of room for a chest of drawers or dressing table.

The biggest surprise is the L-shaped attic room which is currently used as a working office. This is accessed by a brass-railed spiral staircase off the landing.

Outside, there is a cobblelock driveway, a lawn and colourful flower beds at the front of the house with an ornamental fountain. The back garden faces south-west and has a paved terrace, a pond and mature shrubs and herbaceous borders.