A substantial new house on a quiet road in one of Dublin's leafiest suburbs is a sought after combination in any market.

Lisney is confident enough in the appeal of Ardower on Gordon Avenue in Foxrock to put it to auction on September 27th.

The AMV for the smart new five-bedroom, 310sq m (3,335sq ft) detached house - which was built on the site of a bungalow - is €4 million. That's a price tag that should help test the top end of the market in one of the first auctions of the new season.

Architect Paul Brazil designed the detached spacious house with an eye to the contemporary but so that it fits in well with the other houses on the road. The layout would work well for a growing family. An outer porch opens into a room-sized inner hallway floored with limestone and with a fireplace - a traditional touch in an otherwise contemporary feeling room.

There are three reception rooms, one runs the depth of the house on one side, the other, a smaller one is on the other side, and the third, a family room, is off the kitchen with doors out to the garden. There's also a diningroom.

The kitchen is particularly attractive with pistachio-coloured painted units topped with granite. It comes fully kitted with high-end stainless steel appliances including a double-sized range, an American-style fridge, and double oven. There's space for a large dining table.

There's also a utility room - with access to the garden - in the same style.

Upstairs four of the bedrooms, all doubles, have good en suites while the main bedroom also has a dressing room. The fifth bedroom is a single.

The family bathroom has the same high quality, contemporary fittings, detailing and tiling as the en suites.

The design of the house has clearly been thought out with view to maximising natural light, so the kitchen and family rooms feature floor to ceiling glazing, many of the rooms have more than one window and duel aspects, and the gallery landing and hall are flooded with light from a large roof light.

Outside there is a patio area and lawn and mature planting along the perimeter.