Dublin 4: €3mA revamped mews in the heart of Ballsbridge has plenty of style and space, writes Bernice Harrison

Canny builders developing a residential site at the upper end of the market know that the type of buyer they're looking for demands top-of-the-range features and finishes.

The list is long: from under-floor heating and internal vacuum systems to wet rooms, dressingrooms, and utility rooms that are so large and smartly fitted-out they could easily be mistaken for the main kitchen.

The days when the most complicated electrics a house could offer was a zoned alarm system are long gone.

The builder who took on the rebuilding of a mews at 18 Heytesbury Lane in Ballsbridge clearly knows the sort of shopping list that anyone who can afford to pay over €3 million for a house has in their back pocket.

What was once a modest house on this residential lane smack in the middle of Dublin 4 is now a well-designed, contemporary, four-bedroom house with two livingrooms (one downstairs, the other part of a spacious open-plan, light-filled living space upstairs).

In all, there is 214sq m (2,300sq ft) - making it a particularly large mews and one that could easily cope with a growing family.

The house is fully kitted-out right down to plasma screen TVs in all bedrooms and the livingroom. The downstairs reception room has a cinema system and screen, and the sophisticated integrated home audio system is available in every room, including the bathrooms. Household gizmos include remote-controlled blinds in all rooms and a central vacuum system. The finishes are most appealing and include walnut flooring, doors and architraves, as well as Travertine tiles in the hallway, while the bathroom and en suites have sleek, contemporary fittings and limestone mosaic tiling. Underfloor heating runs throughout the house.

Downstairs, off the wide hallway are two double bedrooms, one of which has a dressingroom and an en suite wet room. Also at this level is a very smart family bathroom, the reception room with the home cinema and a fully fitted out utility room.

The main living area is upstairs and it's a bright, modern open-plan L-shaped space dominated by picture windows with a small terrace at one end. The dark-wood fitted kitchen is very swanky and comes complete with stainless steel appliances all topped with quartz countertops and finished with quartz kickerboards.

There's a decent-sized dining area and a flight of steps goes from the terrace down to the back patio.

There are two more double bedrooms upstairs, as well as a bathroom.

For a mews, the outdoor space is good. The house is hidden behind a high wall and timber gates, and there is parking to the front for two cars. Out the back there is a good patio garden which has been finished with Indian sandstone.

Colliers Jackson-Stops will be auctioning 18 Heytesbury Lane on December 7th with an AMV of €3 million.