Take five

TAKE FIVE FOR €400,000:Sherry Fitzgerald is seeking €400,000 for Meadow Drogheda, a four-bedroom house on an acre close to Drogheda, Co Louth. EMMA CULLINANfinds similarly priced properties in Turkey, Italy, France and Spain

Turkey: Aegean coast

Price: €400,000

Agent: spotblue.co.uk, 0044 208 339 6036

This three-bed villa with private pool is in a development of 11 homes on a hillside overlooking the sailing port of Göcek. The basement could accommodate a self-contained flat or additional bedrooms. The modern interior includes marble, ceramics and wood. The area around the pool, with its raised decked area, is designed as an extension of the villa.

Italy: Le March

Price: €400,000

Agent: realpointitaly.com, 0044 845 331 2812

This restored villa, in the medieval village of Gualdo in central Italy, sits on two hectares (five acres) with fruit and nut trees, vines, pool, well, loggia and a chapel. On the ground floor, above the cellar, is a kitchen/diner, a livingroom and a two-bed apartment. There are four bedrooms on the first floor; two with balconies and three with en suites.

France: Lot et Garonne

Agent: green-acres.com, 0033 553 645807

This five-bed house sits on the edge of the village of Samazan in southwest France.

It has two-and-a-half acres of land, a salt-water pool, fruit trees, a vegetable garden, outbuildings, a summer house and vines that produce 400 bottles of wine a year. Nearby are the town of Marmande (with a train station) and the spa town of Casteljaloux.

Spain: Andalucia

Price: €399,000

Agent: locations.ie, 01 679 0936

This new house is in a scheme at Nueva Andalucia, near Marbella and Puerto Banus. Large windows and doors, and high ceilings, make for a bright house. It has marble floors and underfloor heating. There is a living/dining area, three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The scheme has nine swimming pools and a large communal garden. The house faces southwest and has sea views.