Property Partners Richard Cleary is seeking ¤500,000 for this five-bed house with two mews houses at Charleville Road, Tullamore, Offaly. EMMA CULLINANfinds properties at a similar price in France, Italy, Portugal and Barbados

France: Provence:

If it’s rooms with views you’re after then head for this house which sits above the other houses in the village of Pierrefeu, 45 minutes from Nice. The house was rebuilt in 1991 by architect Conrad Shabeleski. It has a reception room, study, kitchen, three bedrooms and three bathrooms. Outside are balconies, terraces and a pool carved out of rock.

Price:€495,000

Agent:aylesford.com,

0044 207349 5100

Portugal: Algarve:

This home just ouside Praia Da Luz has been decorated in a minimalist modern style. It has four bedrooms, all en suite. A pool is a step away from the door and there are sea views from the first floor and roof terrace. The reception is open to the kitchen and dining area. Two sets of sliding glass doors lead out onto the terraces and pool.

Price:€499,950

Agent:knightfrank.co.uk, 00351 282789336

Barbados: St Peter:

This two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment is in the Beacon Hill scheme near historic Speightstown and Holetown. It shares a tropical garden and pool and Jacuzzi with its neighbours. It has views of the Caribbean Sea and is near a beach. There is an open-plan living/dining area that leads out to a patio with views of the ocean.

Price:$595,000 (€496,957)

Agent:knightfrank.com, 0044 2076298171

Italy: Umbria

This three-bedroom stone house is beside an old church and monastery above the hamlet of Bovara near Trevi in central Umbria. There are long views over the countryside. The buttressed walls of the house suggest it dates to the same period as the monastery and may once have been part of it. The living room has a vaulted ceiling and open fireplace.

Price:€495,000

Agent:cluttonsitaly.com,

0039 075 8450100