Address: 20 Hawthorn Lawn, Castleknock, Dublin 15

Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Castleknock

This four-bedroom detached house has easy access, through sliding doors, to the large garden (66ft long and 43ft wide). Accommodation includes a family room, an open-plan living/dining room with windows at either end and a fireplace, plus a dining room that connects to a conservatory which in turn leads to the garden through double glass doors. The kitchen/breakfast room also has access to the patio and garden. BER: G

Plus: In an enclave beside a green area where children can play

Minus: A lot of PVC which, along with the satellite dish, dominates the exterior

Address: Thonogue House, Roosca, Cahir, Co Tipperary

Agent: Shelley & Purcell

A 17th century house with an 18th century extension, Thonogue House has seven bays on 10 acres. Entered via a marble hall (at the end of a drive), the four-bedroom house (one en suite) has a dual-aspect drawingroom, a sitting/ diningroom and kitchen with Aga. The bedrooms are upstairs with two bathrooms. Out back is a stable yard and outbuildings, including 10 loose boxes, tack room, feed room and barn, plus paddocks and an all-weather arena. BER exempt

Plus: Lovely period details and it is built in an L-shape with outbuildings; all providing shelter outdoors

Minus: When it was on the market in 2011 (for €1.05 million) there were 20 acres