Rathmines: €2.8mLarge amounts of light and space are on offer at a five-bedroom villa-style house on Leinster Road in Rathmines that has been totally refurbished over the last 12 months.

Colliers Jackson-Stops will auction number 107 Leinster Road on September 26th, and expects a price of around €2.8 million.

For that the buyer will get 285sq m (3,065sq ft) of living space on two floors, off-street parking for up to five cars, and a 53-metre (175ft) garden that backs onto Leinster Road West with potential for a mews, subject to planning permission.

The end-of-terrace house was renovated and extended over 12 months under the supervision of conservation architect Raymond McGinley. Floor and roof timbers were replaced, every wall replastered, and cornice work replicated. The house has been reroofed, rewired and replumbed to allow for power showers in the bathrooms.

At hall level the house has two classic interconnecting reception rooms with tall sash windows at either end, new solid oak floors and matching marble fireplaces.

Also at this level is a bedroom with en suite while a second bedroom is located on the upper return. The remaining bedrooms are at garden level where a new extension provides the big kitchen cum family room arrangement now considered essential.

This is a lovely bright space with double doors to the garden, and separate access to enclosed courtyard that is perfect for barbecues.