Killiney: €1.5mDrivers motoring down Church Road in Killiney, Co Dublin, could easily be unaware that behind the new stone walls that line the road there are several cul-de-sacs snaking up the hill, each with a small number of large detached houses.

Violet Hill is one of these cul-de- sacs and on it is Highfield, a 195 sq m (2,100 sq ft) dormer bungalow set on one-third of an acre of lawn.

Highfield is for sale by private treaty for around €1.5 million by joint agents Jackson-Stops, Dublin and David O'Connor, Boyle, Co Roscommon.

Set behind very tall hedges and timber doors, the four-bedroom house is on a private elevated site with a south-western aspect and views of the mountains from the large picture windows and the conservatory.

The new owners will most certainly refurbish the house's 1970s interior which is dated by contemporary standards: this is most notable in the bathrooms, which feature pastel-coloured suites, and the kitchen, which while entirely functional, does not make the best use of the space.

Downstairs there is a good-sized sittingroom and a diningroom and the owners recently added a new large conservatory - a smart idea given the view it affords of the garden and the extra access it gives down to the lawn. There are two bedrooms at this level, a large double and a small single as well as a guest toilet.

Upstairs at dormer level there are two more very large double bedrooms and a family bathroom and a further room with a Velux window which due to the ceiling height doesn't count in the sales details as a bedroom but which could nevertheless be a very large dressingroom or a home office.

Outside there is parking for several cars, a small green house planted with fruit-bearing vines and a boiler house.

There is also a small freestanding building just inside the entrance gates that would make a perfect workshop, teenage rec room or home office for new owners..