A six-bedroom house with stunning sea views over the sweep of Killiney Bay is for auction through Douglas Newman Good on May 16th, with a guide price of £2.5 million (€3.17m). The owner bought the house nearly two years ago and is now trading up.
Called Victoria House - like the £6m Dalkey seven-bed featured on the Property Supplement's front page this week - it is on Victoria Road, Killiney and was built in 1993. It has a total floor space of approximately 6,000 sq ft. It has a period feel which - combined with contemporary finishes as well as magnificent views of sea and sky from all the main rooms - makes this an outstanding family home.
Built on three levels to accommodate a sloping site, the house consists of a 20-ft wide central hall and atrium with two rooms off either side and French doors leading to a balcony at the end.
Double hall doors lead into this upper level, which has stained glass windows at the sides. The four bedroom suites are off this level and a door leads up to another suite at attic level. All bedrooms are large, with tiled and fitted en suites, while the main bedroom has a walk-in dressingroom as well as seven windows looking out to the sea.
Downstairs, the living area of the house has four reception rooms off the hall and a spectacular kitchen done in white, with polished granite surfaces, a round central unit with hob and a sweep of circular units behind it.
The drawingroom is a beautiful space, with windows and French doors opening on to a terrace which wraps around three sides of the house. It also has a fine modern marble fireplace and maple double doors leading into the diningroom, which has windows looking on to the terrace and a marble fireplace.
The other two reception rooms on the far side of the hall are currently used as a livingroom and a family room, but share the large proportions and fine finishes of the more formal rooms. Outside the house there is an entrance to a separate living area at garden level, which consists of a large room with a bedroom and bathroom to the side. This could be used as a separate apartment, a games area or even a home office.
The house is on a steep slope and the gardens are terraced with lawns and mature shrubs. There are also some very large old trees, along with newly-laid granite and brick paths and steps. There are also patio areas, one of which has a timber summerhouse with terracotta floor and another which has an ornamental fish pond. There are electronic gates to a large parking area off Victoria Rd and pedestrian access from the Vico Road.
