Big, bright - and the kitchen's all white - in Sandycove

DUN LAOGHAIRE: €995,000:A TERRACED four-bedroom house at 31 Lower Albert Road in Dún laoghaire has come on the market through Douglas Newman Good, asking €995,000.

The house was gutted and rebuilt six years ago in what was a major project lasting almost two years. The result is an immaculate contemporary home extending to 177sq m (11,900sq ft) with a very large extended livingroom giving onto the back garden.

There’s off-street parking for a couple of cars in front of the house and to the rear a 50ft garden bounded by old stone walls that have been painted to blend with the buildings beyond – the house and its neighbours back on to a small business park.

Inside the double-fronted house white is the dominant colour on walls and ceilings, while the floor throughout is a sophisticated dark oak wide plank. Underfloor heating runs through the house and another notable feature is the quality of the inbuilt furniture – wardrobes and cupboards that are either panelled, carved, mirrored or silvered.

Decorative features aside, number 31 has double-glazed windows throughout, an expensively fitted all-white kitchen, exotically tiled bathrooms with wall mount televisions and a Bang Olufsen sound system throughout.

Two of the bedrooms are to the front of the house, while the back of the house is given over to the livingroom – a large, square space with a high vaulted ceiling complete with lantern light.

There is plenty of space to group sofas around the fireplace – a raised one with a gas fire inset. Doors lead to a small internal courtyard which can also be accessed from the third downstairs bedroom.

The spacious first floor level is given over to the main bedroom suite which includes a bedroom with a sloped ceiling and velux windows with remote-controlled blinds. There is also a large walk-in dressing room with access to the wet room-style en suite.

The back garden was designed by Formality, with specimen trees forming the boundary.