O’Farrell Cleere Auctioneers is seeking €895,000 for a five-bedroom house in Grove Avenue, Malahide, Dublin.

Spain: Sotogrande

On the Sotogrande costa, on an inlet between Marbella and Gibraltar, is this house minutes from the beach. It has three bedrooms and a fourth bedroom suite originally intended for staff. The living room, dining area and three bedrooms all lead onto a covered terrace and garden and are a hop, skip and a dive from the pool.

Price: €895,000

Agent: savills.com, 0044-207016 3740

Portugal: Algarve

Never mind the pool view, this hillside villa has vistas right to the sea just over 2km away. The four-bed home also has a self-contained annex. Living accommodation includes a lounge and dining room with wood-burning stove. Double doors here open onto a covered terrace and the pool. There’s also an equipped kitchen, office and utility. The sun provides free hot water via solar panels.

Price: €900,000

Agent: portugalproperty.com, 0044 -800 014 8201

Italy: Genova

This former guard’s tower near the town of Genova can be reached by foot or boat. It’s on three floors with two high ceilinged rooms with mezzanines on the ground floor along with a bathroom and wine cellar. Above that is a livingroom, kitchen and bathroom and on top is a tower room opening out onto a terrace.

Price: €900,000

Agent: realpointitaly.com, 0044 -845331 2812

France: Loire

This 15th century chateau comes with a caretakers house, two gites and outbuildings, in its 8.5 hectares of parkland, woodland and meadow complete with river. Features that have stayed the centuries include grand fireplaces and exposed stone walls. The 40sq m main home has a lounge kitchen, five bedrooms, study, bathroom and shower room. It is in the historical twon of Chateauroux.

Price: €875,000

Agent: latitudes.co.uk, 0044-2083874090