On view this weekend

Pretty houses, some of which need updating, are on view this Saturday, from Dublin to Waterford

IN KILLINEY a pretty three-bed Victorian villa at 5 Shanganagh Terrace, off Killiney Hill Road, has come on the market through Sherry FitzGerald asking €695,000. The rooms are stylish and impressively proportioned with high ceilings, sash windows, and the original cast-iron fireplaces, and include two interconnecting reception rooms and the main en suite bedroom at hall level. Other rooms at this level are the guest toilet and a shower room.

There are two more bedrooms at garden level and a contemporary open plan family room and kitchen.The front garden is mainly laid out in lawn with mature shrubs and trees and to the rear there’s a patio garden.

On view Saturday12.30pm - 1.30pm

In Lisnmore, Co Waterford, a Georgian house that was originally part of the Duke of Devonshire’s estate, is for sale through Madden Estates at €650,000. The Old Presbytery, is a well looked after townhouse built in the 1820s and with a large walled garden and several outbuildings. . It’s a lrage house with 349 sq m (3,864 sq ft) including a sittingroom, library, conservatory, diningroom, kitchen and pantry and five bedrooms (three en suite) and a spacious bathroom. .

On view Saturday 2pm-3pm

A new owner might want to update 23 Ashfield Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, a redbrick four-bedroom Victorian house off Ranelagh Road which is for sale at €625,000 through Douglas Newman Good. A short walk from both Ranelagh and Beechwood Luas stops and Ranelagh village, it has a livingroom with original tiled mantelpiece, diningroom and another reception room with a 10ft ceiling and the original coving.

To the front of the house there’s a neat railed garden with spacious side access.

On view Saturday noon-12.45pm

In need of updating, 88 Old Finglas Road, Glasnevin, Dublin 11, is an extended five-bed semi with a garage. Lisney is asking €445,000 for it. A 15-minute walk from the Botanic Gardens, the 140sq m (1,500sq ft) house has two interconnecting reception rooms with original tiled fireplaces and a good sized kitchen/diningroom. It also comes has the advantage of a 78ft back garden.

On view Saturday 2-3pm

Built in 1993 on one third of an acre the Nurseries, off Avondale Road, in Killiney, Co Dublin, is a detached house with five bedrooms, four bathrooms, and an impressive 115ft garden. Gunne is asking €925,000 for the 232sq m (2,498sq ft) home with a lounge, kitchen/diningroom, a big main bedroom with en suite on the ground floor, a lounge, and family room. On the first floor are three bedrooms, one of which is en suite, and a bathroom. There is a substantial south-west-facing garden with a pond and flagstone patio.

On view Saturday 1-2 pm