Co Wicklow/€5.75m: A recently built five-bedroom house on what selling agent Niall Hassett calls the Shrewsbury Road of Enniskerry in Co Wicklow carries an AMV of €5.75 million prior to auction on June 15th.

Cookstown Road winds its way around from the turn-off from the N11 up to the gates of Powerscourt Demesne, and its houses are hidden behind electronic gates with plenty of acreage for privacy.

Knockarron is a grand two-storey house standing on four acres of grounds with magical woodland views to the rear.

The owners bought the property in 2002 and demolished the rather ordinary house that stood on the land. They replaced it with a light-filled, Mediterranean-style villa of almost 557sq m (6,000sq ft) that includes three reception rooms, a superb kitchen, a basement games room and luxurious bathrooms throughout.

Granite steps leads to an impressive portico complete with granite pillars. Inside, there's an outer hallway that was designed so that guests could take their time saying goodbye with underfloor heating to take the chill out of the outside air.

Double doors lead to the oval shaped inner hall - a striking light-filled space floored in cream porcelain, with a dramatic curved staircase lit high overhead by a domed roof light. To the right of the hall is the 25ft kitchen with its vast granite topped island unit, Brittania stove and Amana fridge. A walk-in pantry and a separate utility room lead off the kitchen.

There's a raised dining area with views towards south Dublin, but a larger sitting area on the other side of the room has patio doors to a terrace looking out over the woodland. The same view is the focus of the formal drawingroom with its handsome marble fireplace and double doors leading to a formal diningroom that in turn connects to a 19ft conservatory. On the other side of the hall is a study and a comfortable family room.

Upstairs, the main bedroom mirrors the drawingroom below, with an even better view of the valley from its balcony. Next door, a large en suite has a big corner bath and a step up to an unusual open shower area.

Three of the four remaining bedrooms are doubles, and two have en suites, while there is also a pretty bathroom with tongue and groove panelled walls. The refurbishment extends to the grounds, landscaped to give plenty of colour. There is a double garage with scope for further renovation.