Portmarnock: €4.5m:With an upstairs east-facing panoramic view that takes in Portrane, Malahide, Lambay Island and Howth, Sea Haven is a spacious four-bedroom house within walking distance of the Coast Road at Portmarnock. It is for sale through Knight Frank Ganly Walters for €4.5 million.

Built in the early 1990s, this 408sq m (4,400sq ft) house, set in grounds close to half an acre, is not overlooked.

The gardens both back and front are secluded, bird-friendly, neat, landscaped, herbaceous and a good blank canvas.

Entering the main double-doors, a cherry mahogany staircase leads to a large master bedroom (en suite with walk-in wardrobe) to the left, another en suite bedroom to the right, and a bedroom, toilet, walk-in hot press and a darker room that is potentially both a study and a sittingroom. Surprisingly, none of these front upstairs rooms give a comfortable view, when sitting down, of the exceptional coastline. In this price-range,with coquettish sea-views, a balcony is sadly missing.

Downstairs, there is ample living space with the staircase dividing a diningroom to the left. Like many of the rooms it is decorated to a particular taste that won't suit everybody. On the other side, is a kitchen-cum-reception/diningroom with a partial cream-stone floor - the best room in the house with a Clive Christian kitchen, multitude of appliances, and ample cooking and preparation space. Behind the kitchen is a utility room.

Also downstairs, is the fourth double bedroom (with en suite), another toilet, and a large-windowed sunroom overlooking the rear garden and leads on to a large deck and down to a south-facing patio with timbered outhouse and shed. There is a converted garage to the front.