Co Clare: €925,000Dublin property buyers may be sitting on their hands at the moment in anticipation of some good news in the Budget, but in Clare, Sherry FitzGerald McMahon expect a successful auction for Ballyduff, an attractive period property going under the hammer on November 23rd.

Set on a manageable 3.5 acres of land, the period farmhouse at Barefield is ideal for a family seeking privacy and space within easy reach of Ennis. The house is reached at the end of a long driveway and it comes with a number of outbuildings, including a garage, several sheds and four cut-stone buildings.

The four-bedroom house is not particularly large at 190sq m (2,042sq ft) but has a pleasant layout with two sizeable reception rooms, one of which has an ornate solid fuel range that heats the water throughout the house. There is also a study and a kitchen overlooking a wide stretch of lawn.

All four bedrooms are comfortable doubles and they share two bathrooms. One of the outbuildings adjoining the house has been converted to make a games room and an office, while, unusually, one of the large sheds is currently used as a squash court.