What will €250,000 buy?

Address: 37 Liberty Court, Clanbrassil Street Lower, Dublin 8

Agent: Hooke & MacDonald

This 64sq m two-bedroom home is on the third floor of this central apartment block built in 1998. Accommodation includes an open-plan living/dining area that runs out to a balcony and has a kitchen off it. One of the two bedrooms comes with an en suite and there is a separate bathroom. The scheme overlooks a communal courtyard garden with seating.

Plus: It is close to Dublin city centre.

Minus: The bathroom and kitchen are internal rooms and the bathroom could have been more generous if an en suite hadn't been installed beside it.

Address: Coolaun House, Tuamgraney, Co Clare

Agent: Green Valley Properties

This stone house comes with 1½ acres of land with outbuildings including a stone shed, barn and fuel store. Built in the early 1900s and extended in 1980, it has three receptions rooms with fireplaces, a games room, bathroom, five bedrooms (one en suite) and a kitchen/diner with doors to the garden. There’s a an option to buy 16 acres. BER C2

Plus: The land includes the centuries old St Coolan's holy well. A stone structure over it was built in 1835.

Minus: The fireplaces have been converted to gas and back boilers – it would be lovely to bring them back