CO WICKLOW: €2.75M:BACK IN summer 2005 when developers were snapping up houses on large sites within striking distance of Dublin, Knockrobin House on 10 acres in Co Wicklow came on the market valued at €7 million.
The large Victorian house – between Rathnew and Wicklow town – has lingered on the market ever since without finding a buyer.
The price has come down by degrees and now stands at €2.75 million – a drop of 61 per cent. The joint selling agents are Colliers Jackson-Stops and McDonnell Properties.
Knockrobin is now more likely to be bought as a home, with space for some ponies, though new owners may consider developing part of the land when the market improves.
The house was once a small hotel, but has been renovated in recent years and comes with outbuildings, a self-contained studio apartment and a walled garden.
A long gravelled driveway leads to the front of the house where there is an interesting arched verandah.
Inside, the house has 465sq m (5,000sq ft) of living space, with a wealth of original features.
There are four reception rooms and five bedrooms, four of which have far reaching views towards the sea.
The large country-style kitchen is at basement level where there is a series of useful store rooms leading off a stone flagged corridor.
