A three-storey Victorian house by the sea has been exotically decorated

A VICTORIAN three-storey house on Idrone Terrace in Blackrock has come on the market asking €2.85 million through Savills HOK.

The owner is a wealthy singleton who intended to settle in the three-bedroom house facing the sea. He bought it just 12 months ago for €2.6 million and spent an estimated €250,000 redecorating.

Due to a sudden change of plan the house is back on the market with the entire contents, including furniture from Minnie Peters, also for sale by separate negotiation.

Number 25 will not suit everyone - families will find the layout limiting, with just two bedrooms upstairs and the third tucked away in the basement. Some will find the decor overpowering, with its heavy emphasis on black, taupe and silver, while others will lament the tiny back garden and single parking space. However, a rich couple wanting a comfortable and exotic home may be tempted to buy at what seems like a reasonable price.

It's a large house with 288sq m (3,100sq ft) of living space, and plenty of original detail, including elaborate plasterwork in the main reception rooms at hall level.

These are statement rooms with their Biba-style black and silvery gold walls and matching antique crystal cascade chandeliers. Both rooms have striking white marble fireplaces and working shutters on the tall sash windows.

There's a terrific study and den with French doors to the garden and a vast sofa positioned opposite an equally huge flat-screen TV. Downstairs, there's another comfortable sittingroom that opens through to a kitchen, with its new marble worktops and glitzy tiled floor.

French doors open onto a patio with steps to the garden. A utility room leads through to the third bedroom off which is a newly fitted shower room. The first landing has a pretty bedroom with en suite and on the upper landing is the main bedroom, a stunning room running the width of the first floor with views over Dublin Bay through floor to ceiling sash windows. A luxurious bathroom leads into the most indulgent room of the house - a dressingroom for the owners of a Gatsby like collection of shirts and suits.