Trading up: Ballinakill Downs, Waterford; €295,000

Spacious and well located near the Dunmore Road in Waterford, No 25 The Brambles is a bit different from the standard house of its size. 

Things that make No 25 stand out include a ground floor Jacuzzi room with Italian marble columns and the fact that the 2,147 sq ft house has just two extra large bedrooms.

In fact when it was originally build in the mid 1990s to the specifications of the owners, it had just one bedroom and the second upstairs room was fitted out as a bar for entertaining guests.