What will €175,000 buy?

Address: Block 1, 3 Hollybrook Court, Clontarf, Dublin 3

Agent: Sherry FitzGerald

On the ground floor of a small development, this 42sq m one-bedroom apartment has a bedroom, living room, kitchen and bathroom. There is communal parking. BER E1.

Plus:Near the sea, Fairview Park, shops and Dart station. All of the rooms have windows

Minus: A joyless building externally. Combining the sittingroom and kitchen would make better use of the corridor currently in place

Address: The Bridge House, Goresbridge, Kilkenny

Agent: Thomas M Byrne & Son

This handsome period property, with a large garden and classic stone outhouse, is on the Kilkenny-Carlow border demarked by a river. A mile from Goresbridge village, the two-storey house has two reception rooms with fireplaces, kitchen, pantry and dining room with fireplace on the ground floor. Upstairs are four bedrooms, a bathroom and wc. BER G.

Plus: It has an acre of land, including a vegetable garden, and overlooks a river to the rear.

Minus: The interior decoration needs an update. One of the fireplaces has a brick insert.