Country
Address Carrigaholt Cottage, Lands and Castle, Carrigaholt, Co Clare
Agent Sherry FitzGerald McMahon
This offering, on 6.5 hectares (16 acres) with 400m of private shore frontage, includes Carrigaholt Cottage from the 1800s and a two-bedroom house from the 1980s, giving six bedrooms and 305sq m (3,283sq ft) of floor space in need of modernisation. Also included are the ruins of Carrigaholt Castle, which is one of Ireland’s best-preserved “tower houses”, dating from 1480 and built by the McMahons, who were the last chieftains to rule the peninsula.
Plus So much potential on a private waterfront site
Rate of home mortgages over 90 days in arrears falls to lowest in 15 years
Greystar buys Dublin student housing scheme for around €150m
Typical price paid for home by first-time buyer up €88,000 on five years ago
Housing in Ireland is among the most expensive and most affordable in the EU. How does that happen?
Minus Renovations will be costly in today’s climate
Town
Address 182 Ashbrook, Howth Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3
Agent DNG
This detached bungalow is in a private, gated cul-de-sac in a much-sought-after location with off-street parking to the front. The property extends to 85sq m (915sq ft), and is incredibly bright thanks to skylights, picture windows and a quadruple bifold door that opens up the entire wall to a landscaped back garden.
Plus Lovely bright house with seamless garden divide
Minus Ber is D1
