Co Meath: A seven-bedroom family home about three miles from Navan is expected to generate considerable interest when it goes for sale this week by private treaty.

Ed Reilly of Reilly Estates in Navan is quoting €685,000 for Avalon, a four-year-old home on 6.5 acres at Irishtown on the Athboy Road.

It stands within one-and-a-half miles of the proposed Dublin-Kells M3 motorway which is due to be built some time in the next few years. The house is unashamedly modern in style and layout and has a floor area of 371 sq m (4,000 sq ft) including a particularly fine livingroom and diningroom ideal for entertaining on a fairly lavish scale.

There is also a comfortable familyroom, a superb conservatory to catch the sun all day long and a stylish kitchen that doubles as a breakfastroom. All seven bedrooms have en suite facilities.

Ed Reilly says that while there is a more than ample supply of new estate houses available in Navan, it is rare enough that a large family home of this quality comes on the market on its own grounds. The property will be of particular interest to buyers with an interest in keeping ponies and hunters. There is a strong local interest in equestrian sports and hunting with both the Meath Hounds and the Tara Harriers.