At £8 million (€10.2m) Kenah Hall is the most expensive property to come on the market in Dublin this year. It is owned by Martin Birrane, who bought the 10,000 sq ft Victorian house off St George's Avenue in Killiney just over four years ago. Since then, the house has been completely renovated and vastly improved during a two-year building programme. Michael Grehan at Sherry FitzGerald is handling the private treaty sale.

For the past two years, Mr Birrane (whose property and racing car interests put him at number 497 in last week's Sunday Times list of the richest people in the UK) and his wife have used Kenah Hall as a weekend home, commuting between it, their London base and their home in Spain. Mr Birrane was a director and shareholder of the Sunday Tribune.

Two additions during the building programme include a four-car two-storey garage and an impressive swimming pool pavilion on the sloping site, that which enjoys panoramic sea views. However, the owner sold off the house's adjacent cut-stone stables and these are now being turned into a small housing development. They are very close to the main house and visible from several rooms, which might not suit house-hunting millionaires whose main priority is usually privacy. Kenah Hall now stands on nearly 3.5 acres. The warm colours and style of the interior, however, belie the house's rather plain, though imposing exterior. The accommodation includes six bedrooms, six reception rooms, a separate two-bedroom apartment at garden level, as well as a billiard room and wine cellar. Several of the rooms have deep bay windows which not only give them attractive proportions but also give wonderful sea views.

The entrance hallway is an indication of the scope of the entire renovation programme. As well as being in a general state of disrepair, it was missing its grand staircase. A grand sweeping wrought-iron and mahogany staircase has replaced that and the double height space is now flooded with light, thanks to a new roof light that has been reinforced to carry an impressively large chandelier. All the rooms are beautifully decorated with colours, wallpapers and paint finishes that are sympathetic to the period. As the house has barely been lived in since its completion, everything is in immaculate condition.

The wildly overgrown garden was also tamed by the present owner and the landscaping includes an all weather tennis court and patio areas to take maximum advantage of the view.