Address: 2-4 Bridge Street, Ringsend, Dublin 4 Agent: Colliers International As a batch of apartments, this is an investment property, but it also provides a city pad and even qualifies for Living Over the Shop tax relief – never mind income from the shop itself, currently an off-licence. Accommodation includes two one-bed apartments, a two-bed apartment and groundfloor and basement commercial space. BER C1

Plus: A period property in a traditional Dublin location with a roof terrace

Minus: There’s internal decorating to do and a lot of accommodation has been crammed into a standard space

Address: Churchtown House, Rosslare, Co Wexford Agent: Colliers International Dating from the early 1700s, this 19-bedroom property includes a guest wing and two separate apartments in a parkland setting of about eight acres. The house was refurbished and extended in 1993 and run as a guest house. Period features include fanlight, decorative plasterwork, marble fire surrounds and wooden floors. Among the accommodation is a drawingroom, diningroom, breakfastroom, sunroom, kitchen, conservatory, utilities and two en-suite bedrooms on the ground floor. On the first floor are six en-suite bedrooms, with seven in the guest wing, and two in each of the two apartments.

Plus: The parkland and mature woodland setting in a location near Rosslare port and about 3km from Rosslare Strand .

Minus: Imbued with the guesthouse aesthetic, including salmon carpets, which is easily rectifiable, though