Secluded off The Rise in Mount Merrion

A meticulously refurbished five-bedroom house in a leafy cul-de-sac in south Co Dublin is for sale at €2.9m

Houses are slow to come up for sale at the cul-de-sac end of Greygates off The Rise in Mount Merrion, where a bank of tall trees muffles the sound of traffic on the N11.

The bow-fronted Kenny-built houses date from the 1930s and their gardens are wonderfully leafy and mature.

Proximity to UCD and a range of good schools makes this location a popular family choice.

Sherry FitzGerald is quoting €2.9 million by private treaty for Wayside at number 2 Greygates, a 252sq m (2,700sq ft) five-bed detached house in meticulous order.

Family grown, the owners are reluctantly downsizing after 30 years at Wayside. Like its neighbours, the house is set back from the tree-lined road, behind a long front garden.

Wayside is partly screened from view by two huge sycamore and elm trees and the gate is electronically operated. A summer jasmine scrambling over the porch and the red roof tiles makes a pretty picture.

In the chequer-floored entrance hall, light slants from original stained glass windows. Off an inner hall is a bay-windowed study, guest toilet and an en suite guest bedroom which was used by the au pair when the children were small.

To the left of the staircase are two bright interconnecting sittingrooms with painted wood half-panelling, oak floors and an open fireplace with slate hearth. Underfloor heating has been installed.

Glass doors fold back from the sittingrooms to a sunroom with three Velux lights set into the sloped ceiling.

Heating is under the oak floor and French doors open to a south-westerly terrace. Fold-back doors also link with an L-shaped family room and eat-in kitchen.

Ranelagh company Oakline installed the cream hand-painted kitchen and fitted matching bookcases either side of the gas fireplace at the family room end.

The kitchen is up-to-the-minute, with polished granite worktops, an island unit and a range of Bosch steel appliances. A utility room opens to a side passage and the back garden.

Upstairs, good storage is a strong point. The glamorous main bedroom suite includes a dressingroom with oak-finish wardrobes and dressing table, a full en suite bathroom with a Jacuzzi bath and power shower, and more wardrobes and bookshelves in the bedroom itself.

Two further double rooms include wardrobes and there is a good-sized single room and family bathroom.

The gardens are large and private, with flower beds and parking in the front and an enclosed back garden with rose beds, a tall copper beech, lawns and a terrace edged by flowering shrubs.