Value in Laois from £105,000

Keen prices will be a huge incentive with a new phase of 19 three and four-bedroom houses launching at Station Court, Portarlington, Co Laois, this weekend. With five different styles and prices to choose from, buyers have plenty of choice.

Three-bedroom mid-terraced units start at £105,000 (133,320), four-bedroom end terraces from £117,000 (152,369) and three-bedroom semis from £115,000 (146,020).

Larger four-bedroom semi-detached and detached houses are available from £135,000 (171,410) and £150,000 (190,460). Joint agents are Hooke & MacDonald and Tom McDonald of Portarlington.

Prices have risen slightly since the development of 63 houses was launched in spring, by around £2,000 (2,539.48) per unit.

There are 20 houses in the current final phase, which will be ready to move into in February. Portarlington is about 50 minutes from Dublin by train.

Station Court is attractively laid out in curved cul-de-sacs, with brick frontages, red roof tiles and good landscaping. The houses for sale are divided fairly equally between the five house-types.

First-time buyers will be interested in the 995 sq ft three-bedroom mid-terraced houses from £105,000 (133,320). These have a traditional layout, with the sittingroom to the front, opening to a good-sized kitchen-cum- dining-room overlooking the garden.

Four-bedroom end-of-terrace houses of 1,200 sq ft are priced from £117,000 (148,560). These have a larger sittingroom and open-plan kitchen/diner with oak-type units. The family bathroom is larger and there are two double and two single bedrooms with the main room en suite. Also for sale are three-bedroom semis of 1,008 sq ft from £115,000 (146,020).

Families will be interested in larger four-bedroom semis of 1,345 sq ft costing from £135,000 (171,410) and similar-sized four-bed detached houses from £150,000 (190,460).In the detached houses, sittingrooms have timber and cast-iron fireplaces.

Double doors open to a big kitchen/breakfast space, with maple units and doors to a good-sized garden. There is a fitted utility room off the kitchen.

Landscaped open spaces, particularly at the entrance to the development, are imaginatively planted.