Kells, Co Meath/£120,000-plus

12a Hermitage Glen, a four-bed detached home, shows how relatively reasonable prices for houses in towns and villages in commuting distance of Dublin can be. This house has two reception rooms and a large fitted kitchen/breakfastroom, with a spacious utility room off it. The entrance hall and reception rooms have Junckers maplewood floors, and the kitchen, utility room and downstairs lavatory are fully tiled. All four bedrooms upstairs have timber floors, and the main bedroom is en suite. Alarm, cooker/oven/hob, blinds, and light fittings are included. It is located five minutes walk from Kells, according to agent Anne Marie Mulrooney of Davy Freeman Mitten. The village is a little over an hour's drive from Dublin at off-peak times.