Just as Dalkey Avenue winds up towards Killiney Hill, Glen Almond sits to the right, so that its kitchen and rambling back garden have views across Dublin Bay, and you can see both Three Rock Mountain and Killiney Hill from one of the upstairs bedrooms. The large landing has room for bookshelves and a desk, and also offers distractingly lovely sea views.

The house, which is for sale with Sherry FitzGerald for €1.1 million is a great example of how 1930s architects were brilliant at creating an easy flow of space, and getting in lots of light. It has a welcoming feel, charming rather than intimidating, and the location is second to none for walks and amenities.

Gail Varian, who has lived here for 20 years, added a sun room off the kitchen, and had briefly contemplated putting in a bay window in the kitchen, to match the pair at the front of the house, but has instead decided to sell, to move on to a new project with architect son Tim Varian.

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Currently there are three/four bedrooms: two upstairs, two down (one currently in use as a study). As there is also a garage adjacent, plus plenty of gravel parking at the front, there's scope to make even more space should you need it. The floor area is currently 160sq m (1,722sq ft). A long living/dining room runs the length of the left side of the house, and boasts a fireplace salvaged from the family business: the Varian brush factory, when it moved from its Talbot Street site, back in 1972. "We went in like magpies," Varian remembers.

The back garden is testament to her skill as a gardener, complete with shrubs, flowers, a vegetable garden and beehives. It is also enclosed, so the family dog will be blissfully happy here too. Despite your proximity to Dalkey, you’ll find yourself in a lovely world of your own.