The Phillips Partnership is launching its fourth Co Wicklow development in just over a month this weekend in the picturesque village of Tinahely. Two of the four houses on offer have been sold in advance to buyers intending to commute to the city.

Although price is the main attraction, the standard of finish of the small scheme is impressively high, says agent Ray Phillips.

The two remaining houses, both semi-detached with three bedrooms, measure 1,100 sq ft and are priced at £109,500 and £112,500. The higher price is for a house at the end of the development with a larger garden. They are ready for occupation.

The development can be reached by turning off at Rathnew on the N11, through Rathdrum and Aughrim to Tinahely. The distance is approximately 53 miles and takes about one and a quarter hours to travel from Dublin by car. Although there is no official showhouse, the houses can be viewed at the weekend and the standard of workmanship seen first-hand, says Ray Phillips.

Exteriors are rendered and painted in pastel yellow, with white stone quoins and a tiled overhanging porch. Floors are red pine at entrance level and upstairs floors are tongue-and-groove. On the ground floor, there is a hallway with guest lavatory, a baywindowed sittingroom and double doors to a large kitchen/breakfastroom.

The kitchen has a good range of oak units with a breakfast bar and there are sliding doors to a rear balcony terrace. Steps go down to a private sunken garden. The three bedrooms are generoussized.

The main bedroom has fitted wardrobes and there is an en suite shower. The main bathroom is also upstairs. There is a small walled garden to the front of the houses. The fenced back gardens are larger than those of comparable schemes closer to the city.

Tinahely has been designated as a secondary growth area on the County Wicklow Draft Plan. Its population of around 650 is expected to increase by at least 50 per cent in the next five or six years.