The 5 homes include sea views in Co. Kerry, city living in Dublin 1, vintage vibes in coastal Clontarf, a semi in Shannon, Co. Clare, and a townhouse overlooking the quays in Co Mayo
A new home hunting season has begun. There is still growth in the market, with MyHome.ie reporting last week that national asking price inflation had increased by 5.4 per cent.
In the same report, the national median asking price percentage annual change showed drops in three counties.
These were Monaghan, where prices were down by 2.5 per cent; Carlow, where prices were down 2.91 per cent and Kilkenny, where prices were down 1.96 per cent.
The same report showed zero growth in counties Cavan and Clare.
This should give buyers in these counties a tiny chink of hope.
Here are 5 habitable homes listed at the asking price of €295,000, a price point that is well below the report’s median national asking price of €380,000.
Sea views to the front in Fenit
Address: 20 Marian Terrace, Fenit, Co. Kerry, V92 NP78
Agent: Tommy Carmody
This three-bedroom, one bathroom semi looks across Tralee Bay to the Sliabh Mish mountains and to the right is the port of Fenit, where Liebherr cranes.
Fabricated in the plant at Killarney, its ship-to-shore container cranes, stacker and container cranes are in use in over 100 ports and nearly 50 countries worldwide are shipped to mainland Europe.
The house has a sizable garden with lane rear access.
The Fenit to Tralee Greenway runs to the back of the property, which is one way to commute to Kerry’s capital, which is about a 13-kilometre journey.
The village has a historic lighthouse on Little Samphire Island. Kerry Airport is about a 35-minute drive.
Inside the E1 Ber-rated property extends to 69 square metres.
Shannonside spacious semi
Address: 2 Ballycasey Court, Shannon, Co. Clare, V14 XY33
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald O’Donovan
This four-bedroom, three-bathroom semi offers a lot of space to a family.
Extending to 121 square metres and with a B2 Ber-rating, it has a front garden, side garden and back garden with pedestrian side access.
With polished timber floors almost throughout, it has a sitting room to the front and a separate and generous eat-in kitchen which opens out to the back.
Upstairs, the principal bedroom has an ensuite bathroom.
The house comes with off-street parking.
Wake up to the west
Address: 13 Quay Village, Westport, Co. Mayo, F28 E8Y1
Agent: O’Malley Properties
This two-bedroom townhouse is situated at Westport’s Quays, about 1.5 kilometres from the thriving town centre.
Laid out in an upside-down fashion, it features two bedrooms and a bathroom on the ground floor.
Upstairs on the first floor, there is an open-plan living room cum kitchen with access to a terrace where there are partial views of the water.
The C2 Ber-rated property extends to 71 square metres and is just a few minutes' walk from the grounds of the Westport Estate, which are open to the public and where the hotel, The Grace, inspired by Grace O’Malley and Princess Grace, two key Mayo women, is due to open.
Vintage vibes in coastal Clontarf
Address: Apartment 4, Block 2, Hollybrook Court, Clontarf, Dublin 3, County Dublin, D03 TA46
Agent: KM Property
Within a few minutes’ walk of Clontarf’s seafront, where you can run, cycle, walk and use the outdoor gym in one of the most scenic spaces in the city to take exercise, this one-bedroom ground-floor apartment is in a small, two-storey block that dates from the 1970s.
Measuring 42 square metres, it is well proportioned, but its F Ber -rating will need addressing. It has a separate kitchen and living room that you could open into one bigger space, and the bathroom is adjacent to the bedroom.
There is a shared green outside.
Central city living in Dublin 1
Address: Apt 25 The Stockyard, The Steelworks, Foley St, Dublin 1, D01 H322
Agent: Citywide Real Estate
This is a more contemporary apartment built in the mid 2000s.
The one-bedroom, one-bathroom property is just off Amiens Street, extends to over 46 square metres and has a C1 Ber rating.
Set on the second floor of the large development, its open-plan kitchen cum living room is light-filled and has access to a balcony.
The location as central as you can be in Dublin. It’s a short walk to Connolly Station and to O’Connell Street with the IFSC on the doorstep.
