Town
37 Harbour Road, Ballinasloe, Co Galway
€190,000, Keller Williams
This classic semidetached house has an F Ber rating and would benefit from modernisation, but has a lot of living space at ground level where there is a livingroom, a kitchen and one of its three bedrooms, which is en suite. There are two more bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs.
To the rear of the 96sq m (1,033sq ft) property, which has a westerly aspect, there is a small back garden. There is ample off-street parking and the property includes a detached garage to the side.
There are many walks and, having been built on the river Suck, the main tributary of the Shannon, the house is near the town’s harbour where there is a marina.
Plus: Scope to extend to the side of the property, subject to planning permission
Minus: Property would benefit from modernisation
Country
Serendipity, Killahurler Lower, Arklow, Co Wicklow
Kinsella Estates, €199,000
This stone-cut cottage is situated in the Co Wicklow countryside, 5.5km from Coolgreany village and 11km from Arklow.
The two-bedroom semidetached house is set on a 0.32-acre site that is landscaped and tree-lined. It extends to 52sq m (559sq ft) and is set over two floors, with the larger of the two bedrooms upstairs.
The next owner may want to upgrade the oil-fired central heating system.
Plus: Has planning permission for a two-storey extension to the rear
Minus: G Ber-rating will need upgrading
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