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Sandycove €2.75 million: Superb sea views from many of its rooms make Seafield House at Burdett Avenue in Sandycove, Co Dublin…

Sandycove €2.75 million:Superb sea views from many of its rooms make Seafield House at Burdett Avenue in Sandycove, Co Dublin, an attractive option for sailors and dreamers.

The two-storey over basement Victorian house is a spacious 297sq m (3,200sq ft) that includes three reception rooms, a library, four bedrooms and a self-contained apartment. The house has kept many of its original features, including fireplaces in most of the rooms, as well as working shutters. Off-street car-parking to the front and a walled courtyard garden complete the picture. Savills HOK will auction the property on March 14th.

Dun Laoghaire €635,000

Sherry FitzGerald is asking €635,000 by private treaty for a two-bedroom apartment in the sought-after Clearwater Cove development in Dún Laoghaire. The third floor apartment has terrific views across Dún Laoghaire harbour from its spacious livingroom while one of the bedrooms also faces the sea. The kitchen is at the back of the apartment and makes the most of the southerly aspect with a good-sized balcony that is shared with the main bedroom. With maple flooring throughout and plenty of storage space, number 91 will suit owner-occupiers, while investors will find it an easy let.

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Newcastle €325,000

A pristine two-bedroom townhouse at Newcastle Manor Square in Newcastle, Co Dubiln, has come on the market through Douglas Newman Good with an asking price of €325,000. The development is right in the village and has the benefit of a larger than average fenced back garden. Owned by a young televsion executive, the house has a funky interior that includes a good-sized livingroom with solid oak flooring, an eat-in kitchen with a full set of appliances, and a dramatic pink and red bedroom. The sale is being handled through DNG's Lucan branch.

Ranelagh €1.3 million

Felicity Fox is seeking offers in the region of €1.3 million by private treaty for a smartly refurbished terraced house at 19 Mountpleasant Avenue Upper, Dublin 6. Located in a quiet residential street close to Belgrave Square, it is within a five-minute walk of both Rathmines and Ranelagh villages. The stylish two-storey house has three double bedrooms on the hall level, one of which has a stained glass window looking onto the rear garden. Also on this level is a light-filled entrance hall that retains its original ceiling cornice and fanlight. Upstairs, at first floor return level, there is an elegant reception room spanning the full width of the house with two sash windows overlooking Leinster Cricket grounds. Original marble fireplaces, polished timber floors and fitted bookcases are features of both upstairs reception rooms.

Sutton €2.5 million

In Sutton, Dublin 13, a rare development opportunity is on the market through JB Kelly with the sale of Parochial House on Greenfield Road. The 100-year-old redbrick villa at 14 Greenfield Road is expected to fetch around €2.5 million when it goes to tender on March 15th. The house stands on 0.33 acres in a prime seafront location with 130ft frontage onto Greenfield Road and panoramic views to the rear across Dublin Bay towards Wicklow. It's a large four-bedroom house with many of its original features intact, a number of bay windows, and it has terrific potential to extend in a location where sites are extremely rare.

Orna Mulcahy

Orna Mulcahy

Orna Mulcahy, a former Irish Times journalist, was Home & Design, Magazine and property editor, among other roles