Italy: Tuscany
This three-bedroom farmhouse in Lunigiana, Tuscany, extends to 120sq m (1,291 sq ft). It is habitable but in need of some modernisation. It includes a barn that needs renovation and almost five acres of land with an olive grove. It is rural but is just 6m from Fivizzano, a medieval walled town with amenities; Nobel Prize-winning poet Giosuè Carducci is said to have described the town as the pearl lost in the mountains. The Ligurian countryside boasts walks through the mountains while its coastline is just a short hop away. Pisa airport is a 95km drive away.
- Price: €200,000
- Agent: L’Architrave Immobilaire
Ireland: Arklow
This three-bedroom terraced house is in a quiet cul-de-sac, overlooking a green, and within walking distance of Arklow’s main street. Number three is a D1-rated residence that needs some upgrading, but offers 86sq m (926sq ft) of space across two floors. The next owner is likely to turn one of its two single bedrooms into a bathroom upstairs and reduce the size of the one downstairs in favour of more kitchen space.
- Price: €200,000
- Agent: Halnon Humphreys
France: Rhône-Alpes
South of the limestone plateau of the Ardèche river gorges in the Rhône-Alpes region is the town of Orgnac-l’Aven, home to this pretty stone house. The 60sq m (645sq ft) house comprises a livingroom, a kitchen, two bedrooms – one with a small terrace – and a bathroom on the first floor. At the top of the house is a roof terrace with breathtaking views of Mont Ventoux. The property includes a garage with mezzanine, and a cellar that could be converted into a studio.
- Price: €200,000
- Agent: Swixim International
Spain: L’Ampolla
This two-bedroom first-floor apartment, across the road from the sandy Playa Avellanes, is in L’Ampolla in Catalonia, about 70km south of the ancient roman port city of Tarragona. It extends to 80sq m (861sq ft) and has a spacious balcony where you can hear the waves breaking on the shore. It has an open-plan kitchen/living/diningroom. Reus airport is a 70km drive away, while Barcelona airport is a 150km drive away.
- Price: €199,000
- Agent: Los Duendes Properties
Brazil: Fortaleza
This bungalow on Pacheco Beach in Biera Mar, on the outskirts of Fortaleza, is in the Cesara province of northeast Brazil and offers everything those seeking sun, sea and sand could want. The four-bedroom, four-bathroom house boasts sea views, is 352sq m (3,789sq ft) in size, and comes with a veranda to shelter from the sun, a pool and a large garden large lot that extends to about 0.8 of an acre.
- Price: €193,490 (US$202,504)
- Agent: Exp Brazil
