Light, space and an impressively stylish interior will seduce viewers of a four-bedroom detached house on Priory Avenue, Stillorgan, to be auctioned by Lisney on 29th March. Selling agent Denis Beare is suggesting a pre-auction guide of £700,000 (€888,816).

Priory Avenue is part of the neighbourhood linking the Stillorgan Road with Avoca Avenue, Blackrock, and most of its houses are solid post-war semis with large gardens. In this case, the owners originally bought the house next door and built Priory Lodge in the garden about five years ago. Priory Lodge's palatial frontage stands out from the rest of the houses on Priory Avenue. While the exterior has professional landscaping and electronic gates, it is unfortunately of a fairly uninspired architectural style. However, the 2,270 sq ft interior is absolutely stunning and a new owner is unlikely to change a thing.

Most floors throughout are polished maple, with ceramic tiling in the kitchen and hallway and a carpet in the guest bedroom. Light streams into the airy reception hall from a partially glazed roof.

A very large formal sitting/ diningroom in various shades of cream has light from three picture windows, while a door leads out to a terrace. The French-style stone mantelpiece has a brass surround and slate hearth.

Across the hall - painted a surprisingly-effective dove grey - is the kitchen/ breakfastroom and utility area. This is state-of-the-art maple Shaker, with polished granite worktops, an island unit and panelled maple seating in the bay window. An extensive range of Neff appliances is included in the sale.

Off an inner corridor behind the kitchen is a study expensively kitted-out

with oak shelves, stationery cupboards and a corner desk. A downstairs double guest bedroom has an en suite bathroom with a large corner bath.

Upstairs, the main bedroom is decorated in pearl grey and cream, with a maple floor and elegant steel-handled mirrored wardrobes. A top-to-toe mirror is fixed to the opposite wall. The en suite bathroom has "his and hers" marbletopped wash-hand basins, a bath and a double-sized power shower.

The adjoining shelved dressingroom even has a built-in fridge - useful for chilling champagne or storing cosmetics. Another double bedroom with a blue theme is linked through a shared bathroom with a pretty pink-and-white child's room.

The gardens are mostly paved and have plenty of low shrubs.