Ranelagh redbrick for over £800,000

Mountain View House, on Mountain View Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, is by far the largest house on this much sought-after road of red bricks.

Not only is it detached and double fronted, but its large garden of close on one-third of an acre sets it apart from its more modest terraced and semi-detached neighbours.

Scheduled for auction through Sherry FitzGerald on October 27th, the five-bedroom house is expected to make over £800,000.

The house has been in the same family for 90 years and a great deal of restoration work has been carried out over the years.

It now appears to be in good structural and decorative order and there is plenty of scope to extend to the side, subject to the necessary planning permission. The house is reached via a sweeping gravelled driveway and is hidden from view by tall hedges.

The front garden is large and has extensive road frontage, giving the property some development potential, according to Sherry FitzGerald. Inside, there is a tremendous sense of space, thanks largely to its impressive hall and landing.

There are four reception rooms downstairs - two interconnecting rooms on one side of the house, and a formal diningroom linked to a back room via a serving hatch on the other side. The back room was originally the kitchen but the current owners converted it into a comfortable family room. They created a large kitchen in the back return by knocking together three smaller rooms. The family bathroom on the first return is large and nicely fitted. It has been recently renovated. There are four double bedrooms on the first floor. Originally, there were five rooms but the owners knocked two together and new owners could easily create an en suite or a dressingroom in this larger-than-average bedroom. The fifth bedroom is in the attic and is reached via a spiral staircase. It is a very large room that runs the full width of the house and is clad throughout in pine tongue-and-groove.

Built at the turn of the century, the house has some lovely original features, not least its impressive entrance.

The hall door is made up of double doors, which have decorative stained-glass panels. The porch itself harks back to another era with its decorative woodwork and floor tiles and built-in benches. All the original fireplaces are intact, and handsome original French doors lead from the main reception room to the back garden. The back garden is narrow and relatively short, given the size of the house but there is a large, very private garden to the side of the house.

There are two garages, one at the end of the garden, the other to the side of the house.