Family home with class: Castletroy, Limerick €680,000

Size: 380 sq m, (4,050 sq ft)

There was a lot of attention paid, and cash expended, when this Castletroy, Limerick, area home was built in 2006. Set on tastily landscaped grounds with raised circular limestone beds, of two-thirds of an acre at Killonan, this is a 4,000 sq ft home built in timber-frame back in 2006, when the economy was at full pelt and houses grew in size to match the feel-good factor.

Many of the Celtic Tiger mansions built then have all the signs of bling, but that’s definitely not the case at this one-off — it’s calm, considered and designed to deal with clutter, by providing masses of storage and display space; in fact, it’s a paragon of good storage ideas. Admittedly, that’s a whole lot easier when you have thousands of square feet of ‘discretionary’ space to play around with.