Emma Cullinan

Emma Cullinan

Emma Cullinan is a contributor to The Irish Times and specialises in architecture, design and property

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Take 5: this period house in Italy costs €128,000
What can you can buy for €129k in Spain, Turkey, Italy, France and Co Mayo?

Take 5: Period homes in France and Italy, sea views in Spain and Turkey, or a Mayo bungalow

Town: 9 Ashford Street, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7
What will €295,000 buy in Stoneybatter and Co Mayo?

Town&Country: A cosy Dublin 7 cottage or a period six-bed on 1.7 acres in Co Mayo

Property in France for €295,000
What you can buy for around €295,000 in Turkey, France, Italy, Spain and Co Meath

Take 5: A villa in Spain, Italian farmhouse, traditional Turkish house, property in France and a bungalow in Navan

Town: 136 Ashlawn Park, Ballybrack, Co Dublin
What can you buy for €330k in Dublin and Co Waterford?

Town&Country: A three-bed in Ballybrack or architectural history in Kilmacthomas

The kitchen, between the extension and music room, is by O’Connors of Drumleck. Photograph: Philip Lauterbach
A city centre home hits the right note with an all-white makeover

A singing teacher has brought harmony to a home that was once full of brown

Take 5: this stylish studio apartment in Berlin costs €385,000
What can you buy for €385k in France, Italy, Germany and Co Kildare?

Take 5: Country homes in France, Italy and Spain, studio in Berlin, or a Leixlip terrace

Town: Castlecurragh Heath, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15
What can you buy for €140k in Co Kilkenny and Dublin 15?

Town&Country: Farmhouse in Hugginstown or ground-floor apartment in west Dublin

Take 5: this villa with private pool in Spain costs €140,000
What can you buy in France, Turkey, Spain, Cyprus and Co Tipperary for €140k?

Take 5: Spain and Turkey villas, France and Cyprus stone houses, Carrick-on-Suir cottage

Country: Shanbally, Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick
What can you buy for €289k in Co Limerick and Dublin 12?

Town&Country: Six-bed with acre of land in Abbeyfeale or three-bed in Drimnagh

Take5: this four-bed period home in Ontario costs €260,000
What can you buy in Turkey, Canada, Italy and Kildare for €260k?

Take5: Ontario, Tuscany and Languedoc period homes, Dalyan villa, Maynooth bungalow

Country: Roseville, Drumm, Boyle, Co Roscommon
What can you buy for €399k in Roscommon and central Dublin?

Town&Country: Renovated period four-bed in Boyle or D6 two-bed by the Grand Canal

Take5: this four-bedroom house in the Dordogne comes with a swimming pool, two-bed gite and 1.2ha of land
What can you buy in Slovenia, Italy, Portugal, France and Kildare for €365k?

Take5: Homes with pools in Algarve, Aquitaine and Marche; or a three-bed in Clane

Country: Cloonaghmore, Abbeylara, Granard, Co Longford
What will €155,000 buy in west Dublin and Longford?

Town&Country: One-bed Clondalkin apartment or split eight-bed Abbeylara house

Take5: House and adjoining gite near Lyons
What can you buy for €170k in Cyprus, Italy, England, France and Mayo?

Take5: Vienne and Devon homes, Marche fixer-upper, Karaagaç villa, Westport cottage

Country: Letterass, Leenane, Co Galway
What will €245k buy in Dublin 6W and Co Galway?

Town&Country: One-bed Harold’s Cross apartment or Killary Harbour three-bed

The floor was replaced by one in dark wood and rugs were used to add texture and warmth. Photograph: Matteo Tuniz/ MediaPro
From bland to bliss: city apartment gets a 5-star makeover

Dark colours, texture and character were behind this docklands refurb

Take5: this Haut-Vienne smallholding includes this main house, a two-bedroom gite, a swimming pool, outhouses and a vegetable garden
What you can buy in France, Colombia, Italy, Spain and Laois for €235k?

Take5: Homes in Haut-Vienne, Bogotá, Piedmont, Alicante and Portarlington

Town: Millrace Court, Phoenix Park Racecourse, Dublin 15
What you can buy in north Dublin and Co Galway for €345,000?

Town&Country: Two-bedroom Ashtown apartment or six-bed near Headford

Ireland: derelict cottage with garage near Ballymote
What can you buy for €25,000 in Italy, Spain, France, Greece and Sligo?

Take5: Andalusian three-bed; renovation projects in Calabria, Indre, Crete, Kilcreevin

Country: Creeve, Rathmullan, Co Donegal
What will €170,000 buy in Dublin and Donegal?

Town & Country: A one-bed Swords apartment or a three-bed cottage on 30 acres?

Jane Higgins at her home on Thomas Davis Street in Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
From party house to family nest: a two-up two-down in the city grows up

A Dublin cottage redesigned by its owner has a cool, calm interior

Take5: this renovated 19th-century house with pool was renovated about 15 years ago
What can you buy for €395k in Florida, Italy, France, Spain and Waterford?

Take5: Five-bed near Disney World, period homes, apartment trio, Faithlegg bungalow

Country: Shannera Lower, Beaufort, Co Kerry
What will €250,000 buy in Dublin 3 and Co Kerry?

Town&Country: A North Strand one-bed terrace or a four-bed near Killorglin

This villa in a gated scheme in the Dominican Republic has its own pool and private beach
What will €225,000 buy in the Caribbean, Thailand, Italy and Galway?

Take5: A former B&B in Auvergne, a villa on a private beach in Dominican Republic or a four-bed in Kilconnell

13 Pembroke Cottages, Ringsend, Dublin 4
What will €385,000 buy in Dublin 4 and Co Cork?

Town&Country: Riverside Ringsend cottage or period house with harbour views in Cobh

Tippp house
What can you buy for €55,000 in England, Greece, Italy and Tipperary?

A former hotel and restaurant in France, or a cottage in Fethard?

The Laurels, Balbriggan, Co Dublin
What will €135,000 buy in north Co Dublin and Donegal?

Town&Country: A two-bed apartment in Balbriggan or three-bed house in Malin Head

Greek house with olive trees
What will €320,000 buy in France, Romania, Greece, Spain and Cork?

Take5: Stone house, bank building, house with olive farm, seaside flat, bungalow

Town: 11 St James Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
What will €299,000 buy in Walkinstown and west Cork?

Town & Country: a three-bed mid-terrace in Dublin or a four-bed stone house in Macroom

The Ghost House in Stratford-upon-Avon by BPN Architects with Baynes & Co
Archictecture throws some curves in Riba shortlist homes

Riba House of the Year contest in the UK shows architects moving away from stark shapes towards more sustainable designs

What you can buy for €275,000 in Greece, Italy, France and Co Carlow

Take5: A bungalow in Carlow town or a period house amid cognac vineyards

What will €339,000 buy in Dún Laoghaire and Co Westmeath?

Town&Country: A two-bedroom apartment in Dublin or four- to five-bed house near Mullingar

This house in Turkey is in a scheme with two communal swimming pools.
What will €150,000 buy in Limerick, France, Turkey, the US and Hungary?

Take5: Manor house, traditional apartment, communal pool or mountain retreat

Elmfield Court, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
What will €185,000 buy in Co Leitrim and Clondalkin?

Town&Country: An apartment in Dublin 22 or a country house built for Lord Tottenham

Maritime in French Charente.
What you can buy for €375,000 in Greece, Spain, France, Italy and Co Kildare

Take5: A village with a pool in Spain, a restored house with period features in France and an Italian farmhouse

Striking design: the zinc roof points towards Dublin Bay
Dynamic Dalkey house rises from the rocks

A rocky north-facing site was the starting point for this stunning home with panoramic sea views

Dordogne, France
What will €255,000 buy in Greece, Turkey, Spain and Co Wicklow?

Take5: Sea views in Andalucia, Crete and Antalya and large living space in Dordogne

Town: 59 Malton House, Custom House Square, IFSC, Dublin 1
What will €365,000 buy in Dublin 1 and Co Cavan?

Town&Country: A one-bed in the financial district or grand five-bed in Bailieborough

This second-floor apartment in Bulgaria comes furnished.
What will €95,000 buy in France, Bulgaria, Spain, Italy and Co Clare?

Take5: Mountain views, olive groves and swimming pools

Town: 17 Park Street West, The Ranch, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10
What will €129,950 buy in Dublin 10 and Donegal?

Town&Country: A cottage in Ballyfermot or a modern four-bed near Letterkenny

Turkey: this 310sq m (3,336sq ft) house with infinity pool has views of Kalkan Bay
What you can buy for €370,000 in Italy, Turkey, France, Spain and Co Galway?

Take5: Tuscany, Kalkan, Pays de la Loire houses; Barcelona apartment, Ballyconneely cottage

Town: 64 Spencer House, Custom House Square, Dublin 1
What will €325,000 buy in Dublin’s docklands and Co Laois?

Town&Country: A two-bed apartment by the Luas or a detached five-bed with kennels

This French hunting lodge for nobility comes with two outbuildings.
What will €250,000 buy in the Caribbean, France, Italy, England and Co Carlow?

Take5: Beachside villa, hunting lodge, countryside retreat and guest house

Town: A two-bed apartment in Palmerstown, Co Dublin
What will €239k buy in west Dublin and Co Donegal?

Town&Country: A two-bed in Palmerstown or a detached five bed in Killygordon

France: Charente
What will €85,000 buy in Italy, the US, France and Mayo?

Take Five: Farmhouses in Charente and Molise, two apartments in Baltimore or a bungalow in Hollymount

Town: 18 Willsborough, Clonshaugh, Dublin 17
What will €199,950 buy in Dublin 17 and Co Cavan?

Town&Country: A duplex in Clonshaugh or a wheelchair-accessible three-bed

Italian find: this three-storey farmhouse in Le Marche is divided into three apartments
What can you buy for €399k in Thailand, France, Italy, Austria and Mayo?

Take5: Manor house, Koh Samui sea views, Salzburg ski chalet, Kilmeena three-bed

Town: 315 Edges One is in Beacon South Quarter, Sandyford, Dublin 18
What will €375,000 buy in Dublin 18 and Co Donegal?

Town&Country: Two-bed Sandyford apartment or detached Fahan four-bed

Take5: this Greek three-storey house with pool has sweeping views of the Aegean Sea
What can you buy in Greece, Italy, England, France and Cork for €290k?

Take5: Peloponnese and Sussex sea views, a Veneto farmhouse or a French manor

Town: 196 New Seskin Court is in block F at the Arena in Tallaght, Dublin 24
What will €260,000 buy in west Dublin and Co Galway?

Town&Country: A three-bed apartment in Tallaght or a three-bed Victorian in Loughrea

In Neuvy Bouin, this tower house is 70km away from Poitiers.
What you can buy for €75k in Turkey, Bulgaria, Italy and Cavan

Take5: Sea views in Sunny Beach, a French tower house or a Cavan small holding

Town: 48 Deerpark Place, Tallaght, Dublin 24
What will €175,000 buy in west Dublin and Co Donegal?

Town&Country: An apartment near the Luas line in Tallaght or a four-bed outside Derry

Two-bed canal-side apartment in Venice, Italy
What will €345,000 buy in Venice, Greece, Spain, France and Kildare

Take5: poolside villa, grand maison de maître, Venetian flat and Greek house

Sheila O’Donnell: Architect who has spent a lifetime building connections

Riba’s Woman Architect of the Year prize just the latest big award for Irishwoman

This Monaghan mansion includes three bedrooms in the basement.
What will €360,000 buy in Monaghan and Beaumont, Dublin 9?

Town and Country: Semi-detached suburbia or a seven-bed country mansion

Ireland: A four-bed bungalow in Maam Cross, Connemara, Co Galway
What will €155,000 buy in France, Hungary, Spain and Connemara

Take5: A village home in Charente, villa in Murcia and apartment in Budapest

42 Hampton Wood Avenue, St Margaret’s Road, Finglas, Dublin 11
What will €165,000 buy in Co Donegal and north Dublin?

Town&Country: A five-bed on half an acre or a one-bed apartment in Finglas

Five bedroom house in the French market town of Chauvigny
What will €240,000 buy in France, Turkey, Italy, Germany and Clare?

Take5: Options includes a Berlin urban hideaway and a grand Tuscan villa

106 Ballygall Parade, Finglas, Dublin 11
What will €280k buy in north Dublin and Co Leitrim

Town&Country: A three-bed near DCU or house at the foothills of Sliabh an Iarainn

Interior designer Jane Higgins in a new build house that she has recently decorated for a client. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
True mews: gutting a new house to make it a real home

Owner of this new home felt the ready made interior wasn’t her so designer Jane Higgins gave it a whole new look

This Spanish east-facing house sits in its own land with a swimming pool.
What can you get for €390,000 in Turkey, Spain, Florence, France and Co Meath?

Take5: From breathtaking views to a stone house with its own bread oven

Berry’s Close, Inchicore
What will €224,950 buy in Dublin 8 and Westmeath?

Town&Country: A two-bed apartment in Dublin or a four-bed house in Westmeath

Italian offer: set in hills close to Chieti city, this three-storey stone property comprises two attached houses on about 1.5ac of land
What will €25,000 buy in England, France, Greece and Co Roscommon?

Take5: Middlesbrough and Poitou-Charentes town homes, Abruzzo and Corfu stone houses

Country: Swallows’ Nest, Waterdyke, Shanballymore, Mitchelstown, Co Cork
What will €395,000 buy in Co Cork and Dublin 5?

Mitchelstown four-bed with annex on 4.5ac or Artane three-bed

An extension to a Dublin house designed by Joe Fallon Design
Architect, engineer, technician or builder? Who to call when you plan to build

It pays to do your homework on the range of professional services available

€121,550: Apartment in Monenegro in a gated complex with infinity pool
What will €125,000 buy in Montenegro, Portugal, France, Italy and Offaly?

Take5: Period buildings in Abruzzo and Auvergne, apartments in Lisbon and Morinj

Town: 28 Greenhills Court, Greenhills Road, Tallaght, Dublin 24
What will €180,000 buy in Tallaght and Co Mayo?

Town&Country: Ground-floor apartment near The Square or a sheltered Kilkelly four-bed

Acquitaine: a 12-bedroom chateau, in need of work, for €246,100
What will €245,000 buy in Italy, Spain, Turkey and Galway?

Take5: Sea views in Tully Cross, a French chateau or a three-bed Turkish villa

Town: 26 Botanic Hall, Addison Park, Glasnevin, Dublin 11
What will €249,000 buy in Glasnevin and west Cork?

Town&Country: One-bed Dublin apartment or seven-bed former Durrus B&B

France: this maison de maître has lots of original features
What will €375,000 buy in St Lucia, Italy, Greece and Co Meath?

Take5: Original features, an art-nouveau villa, two properties with pools and a bungalow in Duleek

Town: 6 St Joseph’s Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
What will €350,000 buy in Dublin 9 and Co Westmeath?

Town&Country: Drumcondra terrace with attic conversion or Killucan parochial house

€45,000: two-bedroom home beneath Malgrate Castle bell tower, in Tuscan commune of Villafranca in Lunigiana
What will €48,000 buy in France, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania and Co Offaly?

Take5: Deux-Sèvres and Tuscany period homes, Burgas and Bucharest apartments

Town: 80 Rathgael, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
What will €169,000 buy in west Dublin and Co Sligo?

Town&Country: An apartment in Clondalkin or a former parochial house in Ballintogher

In the Dodecanese island of Symi, this three-bedroom villa overlooks the island’s Venetian harbour
What will €295,000 buy in Greece, Italy, Barbados, France and Co Kildare

Take5: A stone house in Le Marche, a schoolhouse in Auvergne, sea views in Barbados or a three bed in Kildare

22 Manor Villas, Mount Argus Grove, Harold’s Cross
What will €275,000 buy in Dublin 6W and west Cork?

Town and country: An apartment in Harold’s Cross, Dublin 6W, or an extended house in Skibbereen, Co Cork

What will €165,000 buy in Spain, Italy, France, Scotland, Donegal?

Take five: Sea views in Donegal, a medieval village in Tuscany or a Scottish farmhouse

Town: 3 Clarence Mangan Square, Christchurch, Dublin 8
What will €375,000 buy in Dublin 8 and Headford, Co Galway?

Town&Country: A Christchurch cul-de-sac terrace or a six-bed behemoth in Lettera

Peloponnese: three-bedroom house with balconies
What will €249,000 buy in France, Italy, Greece, Hungary and Kildare?

Take5: Poitou-Charentes, Massa-Carrara, Peloponnese, Budapest and Newbridge

15B Metropolitan Apartments, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
What will €225,000 buy in Ballinasloe, Co Galway and Kilmainham?

Town&Country: A one-bed apartment in Dublin 8 or a four-bed house in Ahascragh

Kalkan: uninterrupted views of the sea
What will €398,000 buy in Turkey, France, Croatia and Co Cork?

Sea views in Kalkan and Krilo Jesenice, pools in Andalusia and Poitou-Charentes

22 The Hampton, Santry Cross, Ballymun, Dublin 11
What will €150,000 buy in north Dublin and Offaly?

Town&Country: Bright Ballymun two-bed or former pub on Kilcormac main street

Fagus Werk factory: designed by Bauhaus school co-founder Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer
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100 years ago, the functional designs of Gropius and his followers first saw light

Playa Flamenca: this Spanish apartment includes use of a communal pool
What will €145,000 buy in Portugal, France, Italy, Spain and Co Cork?

Take5: Alicante apartment, period houses in Piedmont, Alto Alentejo and Lot-et-Garonne

Town: 25 Waterville Row, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15
What will €220,000 buy in west Dublin and west Co Cork?

Town&Country: Blanchardstown apartment or Durrus sea views with a third of an acre

What will €220,000 buy in the US, Italy, France and Co Clare

Take Five: A five-bed bungalow in Clare or a grand colonial-style house in South Carolina

Town: 6 Hyacinth Street, North Strand, Dublin 3
What will €275,000 buy in West Cork and North Strand, Dublin

Town&Country: A five-bedroom house in West Cork or a three-bed terrace in D3

€350,000: two-bedroom house with outdoor pool and two-bedroom pool house
What can you buy for €350,000 in France, Cyprus, Italy and Galway?

Take5: An Alpine lodge, an Italian church, a Cyprus farmhouse or a Galway bungalow

France: A former presbytry, with many original features remaining
What will €199k buy in Greece, France, Italy, the Caribbean and Co Waterford?

Take5: A bungalow in Annestown or a turreted pile with artist’s studio in the Loire

Town: 55 Handel House, Loreto Abbey, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14
What will €350,000 buy in Tipperary town and Dublin 14?

Town&Country: A two-bed in Rathfarnham or a refurbished ex-postal sorting office by Limerick Junction railway station

France: A renovated chambre d’hôtes near the village of Champniers-et-Reilhac village
What will €265,000 buy in France, Italy, Spain, Madeira and Louth?

Take 5: Traditional homes in Le Marche and the Dordogne, villas in Valencia and Machico

Town: 26 The Granary, Longs Place, Dublin 8
What will €297,500 buy in Dublin 8 and Donegal?

Town&Country: A smart two-bed in a converted building or a nine-bed in Bundoran

Galway
What will €120,000 buy in Greece, Hungary, Spain and Galway?

Take5: French four-bed, Spanish villa, Greek sea views and a Hungary apartment

Town: 5 Brackenwood Place, Balbriggan, Co Dublin
What will €130,000 buy in Dublin and Monaghan?

Town&Country: a two-bed flat in Balbriggan or a three-bed with land in Carrickmacross

Limerick
What will €330,000 buy in Barbados, Thailand and Limerick?

Take5: Limerick bungalow, French chateau, Italian farmhouse, Caribbean cliff-top and Thai villa

Corgar, Ballinamore, Co Leitrim - former B&B with eight bedrooms
What will €369,000 buy in Dubin 11 and Leitrim?

A three bed in Glasnevin or an eight bed on the riverfront in Ballinamore

€379,500: six-bedroom Indre manor house
What will €400,000 buy in Italy, Portugal, France, the US and Co Meath?

Take5: Lazio palazzo, Florida five-bed, Leiria villa, Loire Valley manor, Enfield four-bed

Town: 51 Beauvale Park, Artane, Dublin 5
What will €270,000 buy in Cavan and Dublin?

Town&Country: A three-bed in Artane or a 3,000sq ft four-bed on an acre in Virginia

Bad Gastein, which is above the resort and town of Bad Hofgastein in Gastein valley, Austria
When ‘bad’ is good at a ski resort in Austria

A descent through powder on a wide gentle slope brings you to a small market in Kirchberg, where gluhwein turns this into a very m(...)

€44,995: ground-floor furnished apartment 250m from the Black Sea
What will €45,000 buy in France, Italy, Bulgaria, Spain and Co Tipperary?

Take5: Limousin pair, Black Sea apartment, Andalusian cave house, Clonmel cottage

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