Dalkey: €1.7m: Summer is in full swing but the heat has gone out of the property market, at least for the moment. Traditionally the summer months are a good time to go house hunting as vendors who haven't managed to sell early in the season may be more flexible on price.

Lisney has cut prices on two family homes in the south suburbs in the hope of wrapping up a sale on each in the coming weeks.

San Michele on Barnhill Road, Dalkey is a five-bedroom semi with a 27.3-metre (90ft) back garden. It didn't sell at auction in May and was then on the market at €1.85 million. The asking price has now been dropped to €1.7 million.

The redbrick fronted house is close to Dublin's most fashionable village but has plenty of privacy with off-street parking and the sunny back garden. Inside, it has 220sq m (2,375sq ft) of living space, including both formal rooms and a family room that spans the back of the house.

There is a large kitchen and utility room and a study, as well as a guest cloakroom on the ground floor. Five bedrooms, three of them large doubles, share a family bathroom on the first floor where there is also access to a fully floored attic with pull down ladder.