Co Dublin: € 1.5m A most unusual house off the Malahide Road in Kinsealy, Co Dublin is expecting to fetch €1.5 million at a Lisney auction on November 9th. Hickory Hill is tucked away on 1.25 acres on Posey Row, a laneway off the main road. A guest apartment over the garage has its own entrance.

Manicured lawns and a smartly traditional exterior give no indication of this five-bedroom property's quirky retro interior. A wide timber-floored hall with guest toilet off it leads into a huge open plan sittingroom-cum-diningroom.

The diningroom has polished timber floorboards and picture windows looking out on the front garden. A step down is the ballroom-sized sittingroom, dominated by a raised brick fireplace and with glass doors to a terrace. An eat-in kitchen with Arco units has a serving hatch to the sitting/diningroom.

All five bedrooms are a decent size, three with fitted wardrobes. The main bedroom includes wardrobes, doors to a terrace and a glamorous bathroom with a fantasy theme. The centrally-placed freestanding clawfoot bath is painted slate grey, with lighter grey bubbles, silver feet and a dramatic shower canopy. The washhand basin and taps are Edwardian in style.

Bedroom two also includes an en suite bathroom, while the family bathroom serves the three smaller bedrooms. Over the garage is a guest apartment which would serve as an au pair's private quarters or teenager's den. It has a separate entrance foyer, livingroom/kitchen, bathroom and a small double bedroom. Outside, the grounds are mostly in lawn, edged with flower beds and shrubs showing autumn colour. A sun deck is sheltered behind fuschia and palms and the hard tennis court in the centre of the lawn could host many a neighbourhood tournament. A door from the garage leads to the house; a laundry room is plumbed for a washing machine.