Four first-time buys...

...from Dublin to Clarecastle.

Capital: €330,000: ADDRESS: 36 Hampton Wood Avenue, Finglas, Dublin 11. BEDROOMS: two. SIZE: 70sq m (750sq ft). PARKING: yes. LINKS: bus. STAMP DUTY: €9,900. AGENT: Lowe and Associates. WEB: www.lowe.ie.

DESCRIPTION: between St Margaret's Road and Jamestown Road, this townhouse has a downstairs toilet, lounge with laminate floor and French doors to a rear patio. It also has a kitchen/diningroom, and the main bedroom is en suite. There's parking to the rear.

Commute: €395,000: ADDRESS: 3 Bayview Grange, Wicklow Town, Co Wicklow. BEDROOMS: three. SIZE: 99sq m (1,075sq ft). PARKING: yes. LINKS: bus. STAMP DUTY: €23,700. AGENT: Dooley Poynton. WEB: www.wicklowproperty.ie.

DESCRIPTION: semi-detached house a five-minute walk from Wicklow town. It has a livingroom with bay window and a kitchen/diner with oak units. All of the bedrooms have fitted wardrobes. Side gate to low maintenance rear garden.

Countrywide: €280,000: ADDRESS: 25 Primrose Gardens, Clarecastle, Co Clare. BEDROOMS: four. SIZE: 118sq m (1,270sq ft). PARKING: yes. LINKS: none. STAMP DUTY: none. AGENT: Sherry FitzGerald McMahon. WEB: www.sherryfitz.ie.

DESCRIPTION: nine-year-old house on the outskirts of Clarecastle village with a livingroom with timber and cast-iron fireplace, a maple floor and a kitchen/diningroom with maple wall units. One of the bedrooms has a dressingroom. Large back garden with deck.

Country: €300,000: ADDRESS: 2 The Cottages, Adare, Co Limerick. BEDROOMS: two. SIZE: 89sq m (957sq ft). PARKING: yes. LINKS: bus. STAMP DUTY:none. AGENT: Property Team Cusack Dunne. WEB: www.propertyteam.ie.

DESCRIPTION: entrance hall with slate tile floor, and livingroom with solid fuel cast-iron and timber fireplace and cottage-style beamed ceiling. Family room with black solid fuel fireplace. The main bedroom has a cast-iron fireplace. Rear garden.

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