From Caherdaniel or Farview: What €600,000 can get you across Ireland

City to country: Four homes in Kerry, Dublin, Wexford and Donegal

The Moorings – a water’s edge property at Reen near Caherdaniel on the Ring of Kerry.

Fairview, Dublin 3
€645,000
Size	107 sq m ( 1,151 sq ft)
Bedrooms	3
Bathrooms	1
BER	C1

Since last coming on the market ten years ago, this Victorian built bay windowed property at 34 Windsor Avenue at Fairview in Dublin 3 has undergone quite a few changes.

The owners upgraded and renovated and added a smart modern kitchen extension at the rear,’’ says Sean Tobin of Sherry FitzGerald Clontarf who just listed it with a guide of €645,000.

End of terrace with a side entrance, it’s a 107 sq metre property which thanks to the installation of sash style windows and an upgraded gas boiler now has a C1.

Inside the front bay window is a sitting room with coving and fireplace as well as engineered timber flooring and alcove units that went in during renovations. To the rear the property has a sizable and bright open plan kitchen/dining/ living space with engineered flooring, smart contemporary grey kitchen units, a built in bench and sliding patio doors.

The upper level has three bedrooms and a modern tiled bathroom. In the back garden the owners lined the walls with timber planks to increase their privacy, put in a stove and laid AstroTurf to make it easy to maintain. The property has a side entrance which Mr Tobin says might offer new owners space for an extension.

"It’s situated within a stone’s throw of all amenities in Fairview while Clontarf seafront, promenade and DART station are all within in a short walking distance says Mr Tobin.

VERDICT: An attractively renovated house in a popular location.

Caherdaniel, Co Kerry
€595,000
Size	143 sq m ( 1,539 sq ft)
Bedrooms	3
Bathrooms	3
BER	C1

A little beach for swimming, a slipway for boating and a panoramic vista of sea, sky and mountains to enjoy are just a few of the attractions of The Moorings – a water’s edge property at Reen near Caherdaniel on the Ring of Kerry.

“It’s on a site of three quarters of an acre and has 90 metres of foreshore access ’’ says Tadgh O’Sullivan of DNG O’Sullivan pointing out that properties this close to the water, with this amount of foreshore access, are extremely rare.

Built by its owners as a holiday home in the early 90s, it’s a three-bed dormer bungalow which is new to the market with an asking price of €595,000.

At the rear is a long living/ dining room which looks out, through two sets of double doors, on the bay, the craggy shoreline and the mountains of Beara in the distance. This is probably where the occupants will want to sit when they aren’t relaxing on the patio by the water.

The Moorings also has a kitchen with pine units, a utility, a ground floor bedroom and bathroom and two en suite bedrooms upstairs.

"The gardens are private and wooded and include a privet stone slipway which the owners use for launching kayaks and a patio with panoramic views ’’ says Mr O’Sullivan.

Located five km from Caherdaniel and eight km from Derrynane, The Moorings is 45 km from Kenmare.

VERDICT: Tranquil and scenic at the water’s edge - it’s an idyllic holiday retreat.

Letterkenny, Co Donegal
€595,000
Size	249 sq m ( 2,680 sq ft)
Bedrooms	5
Bathrooms	4
BER	D2

Residentially out of the ordinary, with high ceilings and tall gothic windows pointing toward the heavens, is Antigua Iglesia at Drumany near Letterkenny in Donegal.

A 1840s built gable fronted building which served as a place of worship for the local Church of Ireland community for 130 years, it has been turned into a spacious five-bed, four-bathroom house.

“ It’s a unique and character-filled residence with individuality and modern comforts," says Kiara Rainey of Rainey auctioneers seeking offers of €595,000.

“The owners lived in South America for a time which is why they called it Antiqua Iglesia which means old church,’ she says, adding it was a run-down office building when they found it in 2015.

The most noticeable features are the multi paned arched windows, the largest of which is at the rear and makes an impressive feature in the upstairs living room.

Adaptations for modern living include a kitchen/diner with marble topped units as well as utility room and a tiled wet room. The ground floor also has a bedroom and a bathroom with a jacuzzi bath while the upstairs has a guest WC and four bedrooms including one en suite. At the rear is a high ceilinged living room which looks out at the countryside through a large gothic window.

Located three km outside Letterkenny, Antiqua Iglesia, ( formerly Leck Church) is within a 40 minute drive from Derry.

VERDICT: An opportunity to live a little differently.

Ballyedmond, Co Wexford
€495,000
Size	142 sq m ( 1,528 sq ft)
Bedrooms	4
Bathrooms	2
BER	D2

Chocolate box pretty, Wells Cottage at Ballyedmond is renovated two storey thatched property which might tempt a buyer to take up residence in rural Wexford.

Selling agents Warren Estates, who are quoting a guide of €495,000, say it’s an utterly charming property which was refurbished and upgraded around ten years ago. Believed to be a few hundred years old, it has a sizable single storey extension at the rear which was added in the last century.

Spacious for a thatch has 142 sq metres of living space and is traditional and quaint with a thatched porch, a half door,, sash windows with deep window sills and the type of thick rough plastered walls you find in old cottages The front living room has a white beamed ceiling and an large inglenook fireplace with a stove while the kitchen alongside has country style marble topped units as well as a beamed ceiling.

Upstairs in the original cottage there’s a bathroom and two bedroom while the slate roofed extension at the rear houses a modern tiled family room, a shower room and two bedrooms.

Set on a site of almost an acre and a half, the cottage has private gardens with mature trees, lawns, gravelled pathways and a small hay meadow.

Located close to Ballyedmond Village, Wells Cottage is within a 20 minute drive from Gorey and from a number of sandy beaches on the Wexford coast including Curracloe.

VERDICT: Pretty as a picture