A 100-acre farm that sweeps down to the sea in Co. Donegal, a Georgian terraced house overlooking the water in Co. Cork, a property in commuter belt Co. Wicklow, a townhouse in ritzy Monkstown, Co Dublin or a family home backing onto a private green in Dublin 13, which of these five homes would you choose?
As a new season warms up and buyers gear up to spend their weekends viewing potential new homes, Home & Style has done some of the legwork to suggest some interesting options to explore further.
A B3 terraced family house with access to a private park in Balgriffin, Dublin 13
Address: 13 Saint Sampson's Court, Dublin 13, Dublin, D13 HF67
Agent: Leonard Wilson Keenan
Cost per square metre: €4,267
If you have kids, this three-bedroom, two-bathroom, two-storey terraced house has an extra feature: a secret green space to the back of the house, accessible only to the residents and bounded by mature trees.
It’s a place where the neighbourhood children can play together, even come pick each other up from the gate.
Extending to about 116 square metres, excluding its attic room, it has a separate living room and large open plan kitchen, dining cum lounge to the back.
This opens out to a tiled north-facing garden with a pedestrian gate through to the green.
There are three bedrooms on the first floor.
Set to the back, the primary bedroom has an en-suite bathroom.
There is also a light-filled attic room.
It has excellent public transport links, including the 15B bus, which runs through the night and the Dart at nearby Clongriffin.
A C2 Ber-rated townhouse in Monkstown, Co. Dublin
Address: 36 Richmond Park, Monkstown, Co. Dublin, A94 X9R6
Agent:Lisney Sotheby’s International Realty Blackrock
Cost per square metre: €7,615
At the top of Richmond Hill, Richmond Park is a small estate of part brick-fronted homes built in the late 1980s.
Virtually staged for sale, this mid-terraced two-bedroom, one bathroom property extends to 65 square metres and overlooks a green.
It opens into a hall with a small kitchen to the front and a spacious dining cum living room to the back.
The living area is set around an inset wood-burning stove.
The principal bedroom is at the back of the property, with bedroom number two to the front.
The family bathroom is between them.
There is scope to extend some way out the back, as neighbours have done. Some have also gone into the attic and installed a dormer window.
Monkstown village is about a 15-minute stroll, while sea swimming at Seapoint is within a 20-minute walk.
An A2 Ber-rated terraced house in Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow
Address: 29 Haven Way, Altidore Gardens, Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow, A63 K7V0
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Wicklow
Cost per square metre: €4,901
Just north of the village and just a 10-minute drive to Greystones Dart station, this two-storey, three-bedroom, three-bathroom terraced house was built about seven years ago by developer D/Res.
With off-street parking to the front, the 101 square metre property has a separate living room and eat-in kitchen which leads out to a south-west-facing garden.
Smartly appointed throughout the principal bedroom, which has a shower ensuite bathroom, is to the back of the house.
Flanked by mature oak and pine trees, the development enjoys views out across Newtownmountkennedy to the Irish Sea to the east, and the Sugarloaf Mountain and Glen of the Downs to the north.
Within the estate, there are cycle lanes that lead to the village with winding pathways, running tracks and outdoor exercise facilities.
A 100-acre farm and F-Ber-rated farmhouse on the Fanad peninsula, Co. Donegal
Address: Doagh More, Kindrum, Fanad, Co. Donegal, F92 FW74
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Paul Reynolds
Cost per square metre: €3,153
Fancy a 100-acre farm in Donegal on the north-west corner of the Fanad peninsula, which sweeps down to a beach to which there is a rip tide and no road access.
The holding comprises a 1980s-built farmhouse of five bedrooms, which extends to about 157 square metres and several outbuildings.
The main house could benefit from modernisation.
About 30 acres of the land is rock, with some sheer cliff faces, and the beach is about a kilometre from the homestead.
The holding also borders Lough Na Greine, perfect for fishing and outdoor pursuits.
The property could become a recreational facility, or, if you have a herd number, you may be eligible for a government subsidy.
A C2 Ber-rated terraced Georgian in Co. Cork
Address: Old Court, Cullenagh, Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork, P72 D821
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald O’Neill
Cost per square metre: €3,929
Dating from the 1820s, this elegant mid-terrace Georgian overlooks Courtmacsherry Bay and is in a prime location in one of Cork’s top holiday spots.
An RIC barracks in the 19th century, it last sold in 2018 for €295,000, according to the property price register, before renovations were carried out.
These include the installation of underfloor heating throughout the ground floor, insulation and plumbing upgrades, and a new staircase and new bathroom upstairs.
Extending to 126 square metres, the three-bedroom, two-bathroom property has a living room to the front featuring a new multi-fuel inset stove and a spacious eat-in kitchen to the rear.
There is a south-west-facing private patio to the rear.
The accommodation is upstairs with the second bathroom and one bedroom on the return. The front bedrooms on the first floor boast beguiling sea views.
