Second time around on Waltham Terrace

Blackrock/€3.4m:A villa-style house on Waltham Terrace is back on the market with a new agent, a new look and a new price, writes Property Editor Orna Mulcahy

Last month, this house at 2 Waltham Terrace in Blackrock, Co Dublin, failed to sell at auction. The owner had refurbished it from the ground up (literally - it needed underpinning) while keeping many of its original Georgian features intact. Still, there were no takers after auction at €3.5 million so he switched agents.

Douglas Newman Good advised him to furnish the house and lower the asking price and so here it is, back on the market with a new look and a slightly reduced price: €3.4 million. It's a five-bedroom house with a split level layout over 229sq m (2,469sq ft) and good gardens.

Located at the corner of Waltham Terrace and Mount Merrion Avenue, it has a sunny orientation. On the downside, it's a noisy spot with constant traffic on Mount Merrion.

Inside, it's an elegant two-storey house with a three-storey return and a new extension to the side adding the essential kitchen-cum-dining and livingroom with two sets of French doors leading to the minimalist back garden.

The ground floor also has a formal diningroom leading off the kitchen, a good utility room at the front of the house, a bathroom and two bedrooms. One of these could be converted to a sittingroom. At hall level there is an airy drawingroom with windows on two sides and an attractive marble fireplace.

Across the hall is the main bedroom which leads to an en suite shower room and has steps leading down to a second room that could be either a large dressingroom, nursery or study.

The two remaining bedrooms are each located in the return, with one at the top of the house, and the next between the hall and lower floor. Both are spacious bright rooms overlooking the back garden. Two additional bathrooms also face the garden.

There is good off-street parking, though the avenue also has plenty of parking for visitors. The location is excellent with shops and some of the country's top schools close by.