You don't expect to find a house by the water in Stillorgan - but number 71 Stillorgan Heath, like the other homes near it in this attractive four-year old development, enjoys a view of the Stillorgan reservoir from its upstairs window. The development is located more or less midway between Sandyford and Stillorgan, off the Blackthorn Road which leads into Sandyford Industrial Estate.

The 1,510-sq-ft four-bedroom detached house on a corner site in a quiet cul-de-sac has a guide price of £280,000 prior to its auction on March 3rd through Finnegan Menton.

The house is a spacious, stylish family home. The livingroom opens off one side of a hall with a polished wooden floor; a small room currently used as a children's playroom - which could be a study - opens off the other side.

Glazed double doors open into the large livingroom, which has a handsome polished maple floor, and an impressive cast-iron fireplace with a slate hearth and timber mantelpiece. Behind it is a diningroom with patio doors opening on to the back garden.

The large kitchen/breakfastroom also opens through patio doors on to the garden. There is a goodsized utility room off the kitchen.

Upstairs, two bedrooms at the rear - one currently used as a study - look over the reservoir. The main bedroom has a good range of fitted wardrobes, and a large, handsome en suite, with an Amtico floor. The family bathroom has dramatic deep blue walls dotted with gold stars.

The good-sized rear garden has a high wall separating it from busy Blackthorn Road. Attractively landscaped low-maintenance rockeries with mature shrubs and trees border a lawn, and there is a large cobble-locked patio at the back of the house. There is plenty of parking space in the large cobble-locked driveway at the front of the house.