In Castleknock from £149,000

Castleknock's Carpenterstown Road is the location of McInerney's latest development, a small cul-de-sac scheme of three-bedroom and four-bedroom semidetached houses with prices starting at £149,000. Riverwood Gardens is adjacent to the large Castlethorn housing development, convenient to a range of schools and colleges and a short drive from the Blanchardstown shopping centre. The nearby Blanchardstown by-pass provides motorway access to the city. There will be a total of 45 houses in this small scheme, with the first 20 being offered off plans through agent Hamilton Osborne King's Molesworth Street office. Three-bedroom semis will predominate in the development, with 38 of these being built and just four four-bedroom semi-detached houses. One of the houses for sale will be a three-bedroom detached home of 1,069 sq ft costing £175,000.

Three-bedroom semis will have two house designs, with half-brick facades. Sizes range from 1,069 sq ft to 1,154 sq ft and prices from £149,000 to £157,500. The smallest measures 1,069 sq ft and is priced at £149,000. This has an entrance hallway with guest cloakroom, good-sized sittingroom and diningroom.

The kitchen is compact but with enough room for a small breakfast table. Upstairs, there are two double bedrooms and one single, with the main bedroom en suite. The family bathroom is on this floor. The larger three-bedroom semis ranging from 1,045 to 1,069 sq ft come in several designs. One model has an extended kitchen and separate interconnecting diningroom with a door to the kitchen. Others have a particularly large sittingroom and a big family kitchen/diningroom with an adjoining family room.

The four-bedroom houses average 1,325 sq ft and cost from £175,000 up to £190,000, depending on the sites. These are double-fronted houses with a half brick facade and a porch over the front door. There is a very spacious sittingroom running from front to back and a diningroom across the hall with double doors to the kitchen. There is a guest cloakroom off the hall and a utility room off the large well-fitted kitchen.

The three double bedrooms and one single bedroom upstairs are generous in size and the main bedroom is en suite. The family bathroom is off the landing. Special features of the Riverwood Gardens scheme include good quality kitchens.