Co Dublin/€2.8m: Selva, a 1930s detached corner house at 1 Avoca Avenue in Blackrock, Co Dublin, is for sale by private treaty though McNally Handy and Partners with an asking price of €2.8 million.

Selva - which measures210sq m (2,300sq ft) - has an attractive layout and good gardens.

This four-bedroomed house, with plenty of reception rooms, has two extra rooms under the eaves which could be used as small extra bedrooms, or bathrooms.

The house has solid internal walls and is spacious. Off the large timber-floored hall is an interconnecting sittingroom and diningroom, kitchen, study and TV room. Stairs lead up at right angles, lit by an original stained-glass sunflower window. All of the rooms at this level are attractive and cosy with views of front and back gardens.

The kitchen has been extended and upgraded with limed oak units. This has doors onto a paved patio.

The sitting room has a bay window and both it and the adjoining diningroom have period fireplaces.

A conservatory has been added beyond the dining room.

Upstairs charm is added with steps up and down to some of the bedrooms and unusual ceiling angles, due to the different heights of the slated roofs.

There is a family bathroom and the main bedroom is en suite.

Outside, there are electronic gates and high hedges, and parking for three or four cars. The enclosed back garden has a fountain.