Co Kildare: €950,000-plusAn early Victorian house on six acres of rolling Kildare countryside is guiding over €950,000 in the lead up to auction on October 6th through Coonan Real Estate Alliance.

The owners have completely refurbished Ballykeelan House, extending the original Victorian structure to 279 sq m (3,000 sq ft) and bringing in interior designers to create a bright airy interior.

The five-bedroom house is in the townland of Donadea, eight miles from Maynooth and five from Kilcock. With four paddocks in the extensive grounds, a family into equestrian pursuits could be the eventual buyers.

Off the oak-floored entrance hall is a study with wood-burning stove and fireplace. Double doors open to an inner hall, off which is the main living area.

Families will like this huge open-plan kitchen/living space, with cream-painted cupboards, a two-oven Aga and slate floor tiles. A solid fuel stove in the sitting area adds cosiness and French doors access a terrace.

There is also a sunroom with fireplace and a playroom with polished wood floor.

Off the back hall is a guest toilet and utility. Incorporated into the main house is a first floor one-bedroom apartment with its own sittingroom with wood-burning stove.

Also on the first floor are four double bedrooms, two with cast-iron fireplaces. There is a bathroom linking two of the bedrooms as well as the family bathroom.

A mezzanine gallery overlooks the open-plan living area.

Outside, the gardens are laid out in lawns, with mature trees, a vegetable patch, fruit garden and paddocks.