Killiney/€2.3m: Traditionally the quietest month in the auctioneers' calendar, August is a time for wrapping up sales and for putting properties on hold until the season gets going again in September. Orna Mulcahy reports.

However, there are vendors who are prepared to show their homes now, in the hope of achieving a sale before the autumn season gets underway.

One such property is Silvermere House, a modern five-bedroom house on half an acre of grounds at Killiney Heath in Killiney, Co Dublin.

It's on the market at €2.3 million through Daphne L Kaye & Associates which is showing to prior to launching a major marketing campaign next month.

Killiney Heath is a small development of large scale houses located off Killiney Avenue on an elevated site that allows the houses uninterrupted views towards the sea and the Wicklow mountains.

Silvermere House borders Killiney golf course, and from the kitchen there's a marvellous view over the 6th tee.

Refurbished from top to bottom two years ago, it's an extremely spacious house suitable for a big family with around 433 sq m (4,670 sq ft) of living space that includes a 30 ft drawingroom and a home cinema.

There is planning permission to extend the kitchen dining area and to convert the existing double garage into further accommodation.

The front door opens into a big sunny hallway with a door leading to an outdoor terrace.

An inner hallway has double doors opening into the drawingroom with its striking marble fireplace.

A further set of double doors opens into a family room which in turn leads to the eat-in kitchen with its country- style timber units topped in marble.

The terracotta tiled floor runs through to the adjoining utility room which is fully fitted with units.

The main bedroom with its large walk-in dressingroom and en suite shower room is at this level, along with two further bedrooms, a bathroom and a spacious study.

The remaining two bedrooms are on a lower level where there is also a shower room and sauna, the cinema room, a cellar with built in-shelving and access to the integrated garage.