Killiney/€2m:  Abbeylands Villa, a detached granite three-bedroom house on quiet Marino Avenue West, off Killiney Hill Road, has an AMV of €2 million prior to auction through Lisney on June 15th.

This unusual house has the charm of yesterday allied to contemporary features. These include electric double gates, a hardwood conservatory running the width of the house and an outdoor swimming pool.

The house has a gingerbread cottage feel to the front with slated porch and carved fascia boards leading into a square hall with high vaulted ceiling. There is a cloakroom and a study/bedroom on this level and stairs leading down to a 22ft long sittingroom, the kitchen and a utility room. The sittingroom, with cherrywood floor and wooden fireplace, has sliding doors to the garden and plenty of room for a dining table.

The kitchen, with tiled floor and range of hardwood units, has two windows looking into the star feature of the house - the wonderful conservatory. The conservatory focuses the house on the gorgeous garden as well as giving a great feeling of space and light. With a tiled floor and knee-high walls it is big enough to use as an extra sittingroom/breakfastroom. Wide double doors open onto a paved patio and up a few steps into a walled and enclosed garden.

The staircase divides to go up to two separate bedrooms, each en suite and looking out onto the back garden. The main bedroom is a good square room with a full bathroom and French doors to a little balcony while the second bedroom has a shower room.

Outside there is a car parking area, mature planting and high double gates leading into a side area with room for several cars. From here it opens into the back garden which must be one of the prettiest around with central lawn area and beautiful planting. Marino Avenue West runs off Killiney Hill Road into a cul-de-sac with pedestrian access to nearby Killiney Dart station. While very secluded it is near schools, churches and shops, walks on Killiney Hill and a short distance to the sea.

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