Address: 50 Verdemont, Blanchardstown, Dublin 20

Agent: Baxter Real Estate

This two-bedroom duplex, measuring 81sq m, has a living room that opens onto a balcony. It shares this floor with the kitchen. Upstairs are two bedrooms – one with en suite – and a bathroom. The apartment is within walking distance of Blanchardstown Centre and Coolmine station. It has an annual service charge of €963 and a BER of C3.

Plus: Sliding doors from the livingroom open to a balcony that is east facing and overlooks a green space.

Minus: White down-pipes don’t sit happily on the exterior and the dormer design makes for sloped ceilings in the bedrooms.

Address: 1 Inch na Rince, Inch, Killeagh, Co Cork

Agent: Property Team Noel Mackey

A third of an acre enclosed by trees and shrubs surrounds this four-bedroom house six miles from Youghal. Accommodation includes a kitchen/diner, utility, sittingroom and cloakroom with toilet on the ground floor. Upstairs are four bedrooms one of which has an en suite. There is also a bathroom at this level. The house has a purification bio-cycle plant. BER C1.

Plus: A stream runs past the property and there are woods nearby.

Minus : The exterior looks a bit grey and is crying out for colour and planting.