InBrief

Clontarf: €775,000
Tucked away off Vernon Avenue in Dublin 3 is 61 Clontarf Park, a modern three-bedroom house in showhouse condition that is for sale by private treaty through Lisney at €775,000.

The semi-detached house has 108sq m (1,163sq ft) of living space that includes a cosy livingroom with cast-iron fireplace and a big extended diningroom cum family room leading off the kitchen with oak flooring throughout and double doors leading to a deck and the south-facing walled garden. Upstairs the three bedrooms share a family bathroom. A large attic could be converted to more living space, subject to planning.

Blackrock: €525,000
A ground floor apartment in the Woodview development off Mount Merrion Avenue in Blackrock, Co Dublin, is for sale by private treaty through Sherry FitzGerald at €525,000. The two-bedroom unit, number 4, has around 61sq m (660sq ft) of space with access to both communal gardens and a private patio. There's a good-sized living cum diningroom complete with marble fireplace and a compact fitted kitchen with granite worktops. An inner hallway leads to the two bedrooms, the larger of which had patio doors to the garden. The complex is managed by Wyse, with an annual service charge of €1,600.

Dublin 8: €340,000It's very small, but this terraced cottage at 67 Eugene Street off Cork Street in Dublin 8 comes with some natty features, including a built-in home cinema system with surround sound built into the livingroom. A total floor area of 31sq m (334sq ft) makes this more of a studio apartment than a house, but it does have high ceilings, a sleeping platform and a cute roof terrace. Completely refurbished by the current owner who, not surprisingly, is in the audio visual business. The cottage is on the books of Douglas Newman Good where Edward Nepean is asking €340,000.

Rathmines: €1.35m
Long established agent Leonard McStay is seeking offers in the region of €1.35 million for the interesting house at 11 Effra Road in Rathmines, Dublin 5. It's currently divided into two units with pre '63 declaration, but could easily reconvert to a single residence for buyers prepared to carry out a fairly thorough refurbishment. With a total floor area of 205sq m (2,200sq ft), the house has retained some of its original features, such as marble fireplaces and pitch pine flooring and doors. There is access from a laneway and parking, according to the agents who are based in Whitehall, Dublin 12.

Dun Laoghaire: €450,000
Keith Duffy of Boyzone fame made a canny investment in 1996 when he bought a two-bedroom apartment in a converted Clarinda Park House in Dún Laoghaire. He has now put the 55sq m (600sq ft) apartment back on the market at €450,000 through Hassett Estates. The unit has been rented out continuously over the years, and has now been renovated for sale, according to the agent. Located close to Dún Laoghaire town centre, and overlooking a popular Victorian square with tennis courts, the ground floor unit has timber floors throughout and a spacious sittingroom.