Take 5: Guest houses in France and Greece and a Balinese theme in Costa Rica

Take 5: From apartments in Marbella and Tokyo to a Drumcondra mid-terrace

Take5: From a contemporary villa in Alicante to part of a period house in Baldoyle

Take5: From a guesthouse in Athens to a house with a grocery shop in Tipperary

From a mid-century apartment in Bangkok to a pre-1963 house of flats in Rialto

Take5: From a Dublin bungalow, a Spanish villa, a B&B in Portugal, an Edwardian home in Scotland to a Romanian castle

Take5: From a four bed in suburban Dublin to a private island in Belize

Take5: From a two bedroom house in Dublin, to a villa in Cyprus and a house with holiday rental units in France

Take5: From a renovated 18th-century house in Mayenne to home and income in Lazio

Take5: Village homes in Tuscany, Almería and Brittany, sea views in Alanya

Take5: A cottage by the sea in Belmullet or a maison bourgeoise in Limousin

Take5: Sea views in Sunny Beach, a French tower house or a Cavan small holding

Take5: Kalkan villa, eight-bed chateau, Malaga four-bed, Koh Samui villa, Glounthaune bungalow

Take Five: Dordogne retreat, Lazio farmhouse, Algarve villa, Glin four-bed

Sea views, an embassy belt flat, a heritage building or a bungalow in Cloghroe

Take Five: Wicklow, Poitou Charentes, Le Marche, Alicante and Mugla

Take Five: A view of a Turkish lake and mountains or a semi-detached in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim

Take Five: homes in Crete, Texas, Poitou Charentes and Co Clare

What your budget of €250,000 could buy at home and abroad