Trading up: Co Waterford €295,000

Sq m: 167 (1,800 sq ft)

The engineer owner of Rockcliffe, a one-off detached home at The Blaskets, in Ballymabin by Dunmore East, Co Waterford was hands-on in its construction and specification — and it shows.

A recently completed 1,800 sq ft home, it’s extremely well-built, says auctioneer Brian O’Shea of REA O’Shea O’Toole, instancing things like a combined dual central heating system with condenser oil burner/multi-fuel stove plumbed into underfloor heating, with climate control.