There is a large livingroom with a floor- to-ceiling window running its full length and a raised brick fireplace

A distinctive detached bungalow with an outdoor heated swimming pool at St Margaret's, Co Dublin will be auctioned by Hamilton Osborne King on July 22nd.

Set on a secluded tree-lined site off Kileek Lane, Penleigh is a single-storey five-bedroom house with an attractive open plan layout. While it carries a pre-auction guide price of £450,000-plus the owners will undoubtedly be hoping to achieve in excess of £500,000 under the hammer.

The house is approached via a private avenue that opens into a wide parking area. Designed in the shape of the letter `P', with rooms overlooking a courtyard garden and the swimming-pool, the house has approximately 3,000 sq ft of living space with a flexible layout that allows for two or three reception rooms.

Polished wooden floors run right through the house and most rooms have attractive beamed ceilings. There is a large livingroom with a floor-to-ceiling window running its full length and a raised brick fireplace.

The second reception room is used as a formal diningroom, although the kitchen has a spacious dining area leading off it. There is also a games room, which doubles as a bedroom, and a gym and sauna room.

The main bedroom is spacious and light with patio doors opening on to the swimming-pool terrace. It has an en suite bathroom.

There are three further double bedrooms, two of them with either built-in or walk-in wardrobes. All three share two bathrooms.

Outside there is a carport with a small workshop.

The gardens, mostly in lawn, contain a wide variety of trees including silver birch and eucalyptus, as well as fruit trees.