On view this weekend

Check out new one-bed apartments in Stepaside from €175,000 and big homes with big price cuts in south Co Dublin, writes ORNA MULCAHY,Property Editor

IN STEPASIDE, new show units open this weekend at Belarmine, a large-scale scheme of houses, apartments and shops nearing completion after six years of development. There are new prices for this final phase of sales, with one-bedroom units cut to €175,000, and two-beds available from €245,000. Three-bedroom apartments with around 72sq m (775sq ft) are priced at €270,000.

Each unit comes with either a balcony or a patio, and with secure underground car-parking included. The overall development, built by one of the country’s best known developers, Castlethorn Construction, includes a large convenience store, pharmacy, gym and café.

On view Saturday and Sunday, 3pm-5pm

One of the first Dublin houses to be auctioned this season will be 5 Claremont Road in the village of Sandymount, Dublin 4. It’s a pretty Georgian house that was renovated at great expense by property developer John Mara but now has to be sold to repay debts to Irish Nationwide.

Set for auction by Bennetts on September 24th, it’s an attractive double-fronted house with four bedrooms, four bathrooms and three reception rooms in an overall layout of 281sq m (3,025sq ft). There’s a big eat-in kitchen/conservatory spanning the back of the house and looking out over a surprisingly large back garden.

The advised minimum value (AMV) is €1.8 million. Two years ago Mr Mara, who is the son of former Fianna Fail advisor PJ Mara, hoped to sell the house for €5 million, but more recently the price had dropped to €2.9 million.

On view Saturday, 3pm-4.30pm

In Blackrock, Lisney is asking €695,000 for a modernised four-bedroom house at 18 Maretimo Villas on Newtown Avenue, the one-way road leading into the village. The 150sq m (1,600sq ft) terraced house was fully renovated four years ago and has a bright and airy split-level livingroom-cum-kitchen at the back of the house, overlooking a sunny patio-style back garden. It has three good-sized bedrooms upstairs, with a fourth attic room.

On view, Saturday, noon-1pm

Also in Blackrock, Cuil Min, a large detached house on the corner of Sydney Avenue and Mount Merrion Avenue, has been reduced in price from €2.75 million to €2.25 million, having been on the market since mid-summer. Savills is selling the nine-bed 336sq m (3,620sq ft) house on over 0.4 acres.

On view Saturday, noon-1pm

In Killiney, Co Dublin Kinvarra on Military Road is a homely bungalow standing on a third of an acre of well kept gardens. Lisney is asking €1.15 million for the four-bedroom house with 185sq m (1,991sq ft). Despite the property’s rural feel, it’s a short walk to Killiney Dart station.

On view Saturday noon-1pm

Finally, families who spent their holidays in Dunmore East this summer may be thinking of buying a holiday home there. A large detached bungalow sitting high on Circular Road could fit the bill for those with €600,000 to spend.

For sale through O’Shea O’Toole, it’s a plain four-bedroom house but with lovely views over rooftops towards the sea.

There is outline planning permission for further development.

On view Saturday 3pm-4pm