City to Country: Dublin city living in Victorian redbrick or move to Spain with West Cork sea views for €595k

Go little or large in town or country with this mix of urban and rural dwellings 

Moving to Spain could be an option for a trade up buyer who fancies a move to a spacious four-bed house with sea views and an acre and a half of gardens in West Cork

Lauderdale Terrace, Dublin 8
€625,000
Size	93 sq m ( 1,000 sq ft)
Bedrooms	2
Bathrooms	2
BER	E1

It would be hard to find too many other residential properties that are as close to Dublin city centre as this two-bed mid terrace one at 18 A Lauderdale Terrace at New South Row Dublin 8.

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“It’s just a 10 minute walk of St Stephen’ s Green, Grafton Street and Trinity College and is within five minutes of St. Patrick's Cathedral and Christchurch,” says Alistair Hickey of Felicity Fox auctioneers who is seeking offers of €625,000 for the handsome redbrick Victorian property.

Current owners who bought it in 2017 have done a considerable amount of work on the property but are moving on without having built the kitchen extension they had planned on.

“They fitted double glazed sash windows at the front, upgraded the upstairs windows at the back and also put in a stylish bathroom,” reveals Mr Hickey.

The property has 93 sq metres of accommodation which includes a sitting room with a cast iron fireplace and a living room with an archway opening onto a kitchen extension added by previous owners. To the rear there’s a bathroom while the upstairs has a stylishly upgraded bathroom and two bedrooms.

The back garden is larger than those of neighbouring houses and offers scope to replace the existing extension with a larger two storey one.

The most recent sale in Lauderdale Terrace was of No 7 – a two-bed with a guide of €645,000 which sold for €700 in 2023.

VERDICT: Centrally located, it has charm and scope for extension

Spain, West Cork
€595,000
Size	164 sq m (1,765 sq ft)
Bedrooms	4
Bathrooms	5
BER	D1

Moving to Spain could be an option for a trade up buyer who fancies a move to a spacious four-bed house with sea views and an acre and a half of gardens in West Cork.

How the townland, five km outside Baltimore came to be called Spain doesn’t seem to be known but it’s possible it came about around the same time as a nearby island became known as Spanish Island. But for whatever the reason, it gives this property quite an interesting address.

Built in the early 2000s it’ s a 164 sq metres house situated on an elevated site around a kilometre from the coast. “The views from the front are of the coastline between Tragumna and Baltimore and of Kedge Island,’’ reveals auctioneer Andy Donoghue of Hodnett Forde Auctioneers.

Noting that properties with sea views and large sites are always in demand in the Baltimore area, he says the property’s €595,000 guide price offers “decent value” or a house on an acre and a half near the coast.

Rooms which overlook the sea from the front include a sitting room with a fireplace and a bay window as well as the open plan kitchen/diner. To the rear there’s a utility room, a guest WC and an en suite bedroom now used as a home office. The upstairs has a bathroom and three bedrooms including two en suites.

VERDICT: Sea views and proximity to the coast are key attractions.

Caherconlish, Co Limerick
€625,000
Size	354 sq m ( 3810 sq ft)
Bedrooms	5
Bathrooms	6
BER	B1

The gardens Beechwood House near Caherconlish village are enough to play soccer in while the five-bed property offers space and comfort levels that should satisfy any Limerick city buyer thinking of upgrading.

“The standard of finish on this spacious 354 sq metre house is quite exceptional,” says Brenda Mulcahy of Sherry FitzGerald mentioning that it has high quality timber and marble tiled flooring and bespoke kitchen units with a granite island and also that it has been fitted with solar panels and has a B1 BER.

The front door opens into a marble tiled hallway with a marble fireplace which is quite an unusual feature in a modern 2007 built property. Reception rooms include a formal living room with a marble fireplace and a family room. The property has a sunroom at one side, a kitchen /diner with elegant cream units at the other and a utility, a guest WC and en suite bedroom at the rear.

The upstairs has a bathroom and four bedrooms including three with en suites.

Accessed by electric gates, Beechwood House has half an acre of gardens with a detached outbuilding, a large patio and lawns with a goalpost and plenty of space for playing football.

Guiding at €625,000,it is Located at Pust North two km from Castleconnell village and 13 km from Limerick city centre.

VERDICT: For a buyer who is ready to move out of the city, this is a spacious, comfortable ready to move into home.

Tramore, Co Waterford
€550,000
Size	154 sq m (1,657 sq ft)
Bedrooms	4
Bathrooms	3
BER	C2

From the back window and the balconies at the rear of 9 Tuar Na Gréine, Ard na Groí in Tramore you get a birds eye view of events at Racecourse behind it and can also look out at the Tramore Bay beyond it.

“You can watch a race to the finish from the balcony,’’ reveals auctioneer Michel Griffin who recent listed the 2000 built detached four- bed house with a guide of €550,000.

Because of its views,it’s been designed as an upside down house with two first floor balconies including a larger one accessed from the kitchen/ diner and from a set of steps in the back garden.

First floor accommodation includes two sitting rooms – one at the front and a larger one at the rear which has a small balcony and a picture window with sea and racecourse views. Alongside it is a kitchen/diner opening on to the larger balcony.

In all the house has 154 sq metres of accommodation which at ground level includes a utility room, a bathroom and four bedrooms including two with en suites.

To the rear the house has lawned gardens, a large patio and a high wall separating it from the racecourse and ensuring privacy.

One of 18 detached properties in Tuar Na Gréine, No 9 is located within a km from Tramore town centre, slightly further from the main strand and 12 km from Waterford city.

VERDICT: Offers space, comfort and sea views .