A bold, bright home in Brighton Hall

Foxrock/€2.8m:With developers determined to build swathes of new housing in Foxrock, the more traditional modern homes in the village will surely appreciate in value.

What the 1990s estate houses may lack in plasma screens and travertine marble flooring, they more than make up for it in site size which is generous by today's standards. A good example is 7 Brighton Hall, off Brighton Road, a detached house with an AMV of €2.8 million prior to auction through Lisney on March 15th.

The four-bedroom house - the first on the right as you enter the leafy enclave - has plenty of off-street parking in a long driveway that is well screened from the road. Behind the house is a lovely sunny back garden with a private feel.

With 255sq m (2,740sq ft) of living space, the house has plenty of room for entertaining with the drawingroom opening through to a large garden room that also connects to the kitchen/diningroom. A large room to the side of the house would be an ideal guest or staff suite, as it has a full bathroom leading off it, while at the front of the house a study overlooks the front garden. The double height staircase acts as a gallery for the owners' pictures and it's lit by an arched stained glass window. Upstairs, the bedrooms lead off a big bright landing. All the bedrooms have fitted storage, while one of the rooms, used as a study, has a wall of fitted bookshelves.