Address: Bonniconlon, Ballina, Co Mayo
Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Feeney West
In the village of Bonniconlon, this two-storey house has views of the countryside. There are two livingrooms with fires, wooden floors and bay windows, a kitchen with solid fuel stove and utility room on the ground floor. Upstairs are three bedrooms and a shower room. The garden has a lawn and mature trees, and there is a garage. Ballina is about 8.5 km away and the seaside village of Enniscrone is 15km. BER: F.
Plus: Good proportions inside and a big garden
Minus: Few windows to the rear and no glazed door to the garden
Address: 1 Gateway Place, Ballymun, Dublin 11
Agent: Twomey and Associates
This three-bed house is in a cul de sac area off Ballymun’s main street. There is a kitchen, wc, shower and livingroom with doors to the garden on the ground floor and three beds and a bathroom upstairs. There is also a plot to the front. BER: C2
Plus: The BER isn't bad
Minus: Scale of rooms and windows is a bit limiting