A €300,000 price drop on a Victorian house at Vesey Place in Monkstown is helping concentrate the minds of would-be buyers, according to Jamie Douglas of the Hunters agency which is now handling the sale of number 15, priced at €1.55 million.

The three-story over-basement house, part of an elegant terrace overlooking a large shared park, had previously been listed at €1.85 million. It’s a substantial family home with five bedrooms, extending to 348 sq m (3,750 sq ft) and with many of its period details intact.

The current layout includes a family-friendly kitchen cum diningroom and familyroom at hall level and a grand first-floor drawingroom running the width of the house. There’s a small but sheltered back garden.