On view this weekend

From a pretty house by the banks of the Grand Canal to some great family homes in the suburbs – they’re all on view this weekend

ONE OF THE PRETTIEST properties to come on the market this week is Bank House, Hazelhatch, Co Kildare, a Victorian five-bedroom house on the banks of the Grand Canal. Asking €795,000 through Douglas Newman Good, the two-storey house has gardens on three sides, including a 150ft walled garden filled with flowers and shrubs.

The house is traditional farmhouse style, with two reception rooms, a spacious kitchen and five double bedrooms, which share a bathroom. There is good off-street parking and, for commuters, Hazelhatch station is a short walk away while the shops of either Celbridge or Newcastle are a quick drive.

On view Saturday, noon-1pm

IN CLONSKEAGH, one of the ever-popular Crampton-built semis on Whitebeam Road has come on the market through Douglas Newman Good asking €880,000. Number nine is a comfortable four-bedroom house, with an elegant 8m long livingroom and separate family room.

The house does need updating but there is plenty of scope to extend, with a wide side driveway giving access to a garage. There is also a good-sized back garden and off-street parking in front for up to five cars.

On view Saturday, noon-1pm

IN KILLINEY, 6 Mount Auburn is a 158sq m (1,700sq ft) semi-detached three-bed in a quiet cul-de-sac off Killiney Road, above Wyvern. It has a dramatic interior with a black and white chequered floor in the hall and kitchen contrasting with deep red walls in the diningroom. In immaculate order, it was originally a four-bed house but the owners preferred larger rooms and changed the layout. As well as the main reception room, there is a diningroom, kitchen and separate playroom, utility room and guest cloakroom. Douglas Newman Good is asking €895,000.

On view Saturday 1pm-2pm

NUMBER 7 Brookmeadow, Avoca, Co Wicklow, is a four-bedroom house that changed hands in 2005 for €410,000 and is now on the market through Phillips Partnership for €335,000. An ideal trade-down home it’s got 137sq m (1,474sq ft) that includes two reception rooms and a conservatory overlooking the large south facing garden.

On view Saturday, 3pm-4pm

IN RATHGAR, a terraced renovated three-bedroom house at Coulson Avenue is on the market through Allen Jacobs at €775,000.

Located in a cul-de-sac off Rathgar Avenue, Dublin 6, number 3 was originally a modest villa-style house but like its neighhours has been extended into the roof and to the rear and now has 122sq m (1,313sq ft) of living space.

It includes a fashionably large kitchen-cum-diningroom overlooking the back garden which has a timber deck. There is off-street parking to the rear.

On view Saturday, 1-2pm