Many of the houses in Newcastle, on the Wicklow coast, have the benefit of sea views and easy access to the beach while still being within a commute, albeit a busy one, of Dublin city.

Sogeri is a large modern house built four years ago on an elevated site along the coast road. The owners are now downsizing from the spacious four-bedroom family home which is for sale by private treaty through Philips Partnership, which is guiding £575,000 (€730,100).

The house is on one and a half acres and appears to have the potential for an extra site, subject to planning permission.

Sogeri was designed to take maximum advantage of its sea views, and the main reception rooms, as well as the main bedroom, face the sea.

On the hill side of the house there is a gravelled area with parking for up to seven cars.

There are three reception rooms - a diningroom, a livingroom which opens out on to the deck and a sunroom. The kitchen/breakfastroom has been designed with family living in mind and is large and airy.

Wood is very much a feature throughout the house. There is a cherrywood Shaker-style kitchen, a rosewood floor in the breakfastroom and sunroom and a rosewood vaulted ceiling in the diningroom.

The kitchen and hall both have tiled floors.

As the house is so newly built, new owners will have little to do in terms of decoration. The garden has been planted and there are two good-sized patio areas.

The selling agents suggest that if the new owners don't wish to build on the site, the extra land would be ideal for a paddock - or even for a really ambitious gardener.