Clear mews interior is sheer de Paor

DUN LAOGHAIRE: €745,000:HOUSEHUNTERS who like clean contemporary spaces but don't want to dirty their hands with building work should view 17 Sydenham Mews off Corrig Avenue in Dún Laoghaire.

The cul-de-sac has a mix of old stone coach-houses and contemporary mews buildings, hidden between Corrig Road, to which there is vehicle access, and Northumberland Avenue in the heart of Dúun Laoghaire.

The three-bedroom, detached mews was designed by one of Ireland’s starchitects, Tom de Paor, and exhibits much of his understated handwriting.

The property is being sold for €745,000 through agent Douglas Newman Good.

The ground floor of the house is open-plan with a central column housing the stairs, guest toilet, utility room, comms room and storage. The front and back walls are glazed floor-to-ceiling and open back to blur the inside with the outdoors. Limestone and wide oak floors create texture and work well with the granite outside.

A suspended fireplace divides the dining and sittingrooms. The kitchen is as pared back as a cooking space can be. Its Corian worktops will delight minimalists but the lack of counter space may frustrate the seriously messy chef.

Upstairs there are three really good-sized double bedrooms. All enjoy dramatic, vaulted ceilings that are as high as 18ft at the top as well as floor-to-ceiling windows. The wardrobe in the main bedroom is set behind the bed creating a really uncluttered sleeping space. It has a full bathroom en suite.

The house is in walk-in condition and the finish throughout is de Paor gold standard. All you have to do is figure out where your artwork is going to go and how you are going to live this tidy life.

There is off-street parking but why ruin the cool, clean lines of your front outdoor space with a car when you can park on the street and enjoy a very secluded front and a totally private walled back garden.

17 Sydenham Mews, Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin

Three-bedroom contemporary house between Corrig Road and Northumberland Avenue in the heart of Dun Laoghaire

Agent: Douglas Newman Good