Sandymount home ideal for stylish entertaining

The gracious and very large reception rooms of 66 Claremont Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4, are sure to excite buyers keen on entertaining in style. Built in 1880, Victorian features have been carefully retained in a refurbishment which has created an elegant, five-bedroom house with a modern, Shaker-style kitchen. Agents Sherry FitzGerald are quoting a guide price of £575,000 prior to its auction on March 2nd.

High ceilings add to the sense of space. The actual floor area covers 2,100 sq ft. A colour scheme of muted greens, creams and terracotta blends with polished wood and white painted woodwork to make for a cool, relaxing environment.

The drawingroom and diningroom catch this mood with their polished timber floors, white marble fireplaces, dark green and white paintwork and a bay window which is both deep and wide and fills both rooms with light. The highly ornate cornice work and centre ceiling roses have been restored.

Steps lead from the hall to the return. Here in the long kitchen, the dining area is lit by a large Velux window, which throws light on to the terracotta tiling and aquapainted Shaker-style units and fittings below.

The cosy sittingroom/study on the first floor return, which has a polished wood floor, would adapt to an equally cosy bedroom. The main bedroom to the front of the house, is awash with light from two long windows and has an en suite shower room.

Interconnecting doors allow access to the en suite from the next bedroom. The other front bedroom has an attractive, arched window and primrose coloured walls. The fourth bedroom has a window over the rear garden.

The top storey return has an attic-style bedroom and family bathroom with wood surround bath, wash-hand basin and lavatory. There is a guest lavatory at the end of the hallway on the ground floor.

The gardens, back and front, are small. The front has high hedges and a pathway through a patch of green to the granite step up to the front door. To the rear there is a patio-style garden with pedestrian access via a laneway. Heating is gas-fired.