A four-bedroom house facing the sea on Trafalgar Terrace, Monkstown, is guiding £1.1 million (€1.4 million) prior to auction on May 9th. Douglas Newman Good is the agent for number seven, one of an elegant row of tall period houses across the road from the Martello Tower at Seapoint.

This is the home of a builder renowned for high quality workmanship, so the 3,000 sq ft house has been extremely well maintained. Interiors are sumptuously decorated and a new owner will just have to unpack. All the period detail is intact, with no paint build-up on the ornate plasterwork and the woodwork is in perfect condition.

The Trafalgar Terrace houses are wide, allowing for a good bright entrance and inner hallways. Hall and staircase walls are painted a cheerful citrus colour and the floor is marble. There is a diningroom and informal sittingroom off the hall, and the marble sittingroom fireplace is fitted with a coal-effect fire.

Built-in Bosch electrical equipment in the kitchen is included in the sale. On the first floor return, there is a fitted dressingroom and bathroom with an attractive plaster frieze over the door - a feature of this terrace.

A sittingroom on the first floor spans the width of the house. This has majestic views over the bay and is decorated in ice blue and soft brown to reflect the colours of beach and sky. The marble fireplace is flanked by display units with seashell motifs.

The main bedroom behind the sittingroom has a good range of fitted wardrobes. On the top floor is a guest bedroom with an unusual vaulted ceiling.

The garden level, although accessed from the main hall, has a separate entrance and would be ideal for teenagers or an au pair. There are two bedrooms here and a shower-room.

The owner is a keen horticulturist and the garden reflects this. Facing south and walled, there are scented roses, trimmed sweet box hedges and herbaceous borders full of summer promise, and the walls are covered with flowering climbers.