Homes in Manchester from from £112,000 to £224,000-plus.

The Edge: £166,000-plus

The Edge is adjacent to Manchester's Lowry hotel and boasts interiors by designer Ben de Lisi, including walnut solid wood flooring, floor-to-ceiling doors, Italian Meson kitchens and bathroom ware by Villeroy & Boch. It also has a 24-hour concierge and laundry services.

Group investors can subscribe to a lifestyle manager for their apartment to tend to their needs, like maid, butler and chauffeur services. One-bed apartments are from £166,000 (€249,932) with two-beds £224,000 (€337,228). Parking is £25,000 (€37,630).

Agent: The Prestige Group

The Radius: £112,000-plus

The Radius development in Prestwich is a development of 170 units. One-beds start at just £112,000 (€168,598) and two-beds start at £184,000 (€277,025).

The agents say apartments have panoramic views of Manchester on one side and the Pennine moorland on the other. It has good transport links to the city centre and is 10 minutes to the city centre on the Metrolink. Radius will also have a commercial development of shops and restaurants.

Agent: The Prestige Group

Rossetti Place: £149,500-plus

Phase II of Rossetti Place on Quay Street is a development of 62 apartments close to the £700 million (€1.053 billion) Spinningfields development. It is being sold off the plans and is situated 250 metres from Deansgate, the city's main shopping street. The developers are Crosby Homes and Ask Developments. One-beds are from £149,500 (€224,985) and two-beds from £182,500 (€274,690). The development consists of 45 two-beds, 10 duplexes and seven one-beds. It is expected to be built by winter 2005.

Agent: Investor First