Spacious southsider on almost an acre with Sugarloaf views

Killiney: €3.8m An Cruachan, a spacious yellow brick 1970s house in Killiney set on nearly an acre of gardens is for sale by private treaty through Douglas Newman Good with a guide price of region €3.8 million.

The house is off Church Road, up at the top of a rising avenue of properties called Violet Hill and has splendid views stretching as far as the Sugarloaf in Wicklow, from all the main rooms.

An Cruachan has 353sq m (3,800sq ft) mostly on one level while a huge garden level space (used as a garage) could be developed into extra rooms. Entrance is up a flight of steps to a square beech floored hall. The living area forms a large square to the right and to the left is a corridor with five bedrooms.

There are two big reception rooms back-to-back, both with Iroko timber flooring, ceiling coving and white marble fireplaces. They are both positioned to make the most of the mountain views. The large kitchen has a breakfast area, fitted units, creamy tiled floor and double glazed doors to the patio.

Two of the bedrooms are used as studies with beech flooring and mountain views. The main bedroom is very large with a roomy en suite, a wall of built-in wardrobes and a view of the Sugarloaf. Two more bedrooms look out on the garden at the back.

A pleasant family bathroom with tiled floor and partially tiled walls completes the accommodation on this corridor.

All the front-facing windows have external striped blinds electrically operated and there is an enormous attic space accessed by pull down stairs. Outside a detached garage is surrounded by wild rockery garden.

The house is built on a sloping site which has been levelled off front and back to give lawns, but there is a woodland feeling to the winding drive and the perimeters of the site. The site is very private and there is room for building one or two houses subject to planning permission without taking away from the main house.