Address: 57 Tuansgate Building, Tallaght, Dublin 24

Agent: REA McGee

This one-bedroom, 47sq m apartment is on the fourth floor of this apartment scheme near The Square. It has an open-plan kitchen, dining and living area. The balcony has views to the Dublin Mountains. BER C2

Plus: Beautifully decorated, including a glazed wall onto a balcony. Lovely planted courtyard.

Minus: In the foreground of the view are cars and the front of the building, above shops, is very municipal

Address: The Gate Lodge, Rathkenny House, Navan, Co Meath

Agent: Sherry FitzGerald Reilly

This pretty gate lodge near Slane village was built about 1780. It sits in its own garden with fields and hills beyond. Measuring 57sq m (614sq ft), the house has a living room, dine-in kitchen, two bedrooms and a bathroom. BER G

Plus: Pretty design with garden and field beyond it. The building is very traditional, with exposed timber beams and inset fireplace.

Minus: It needs warming decoratively and thermally. The kitchen is haphazard and not in tune with the rest.