What will €25,000 buy in England, France, Greece and Co Roscommon?

Take5: Middlesbrough and Poitou-Charentes town homes, Abruzzo and Corfu stone houses


IRELAND: CO ROSCOMMON

Kieran Leavy & Associates is seeking €25,000 for this three-bedroom bungalow (below) on just under 0.33ac in Caldragh, Strokestown, Co Roscommon.

ENGLAND: MIDDLESBROUGH

East of the city centre and close to the River Tees, this terraced house on Hampden Street is in the South Bank neighbourhood. Work has started on the brick house and includes a new kitchen and floors. There are two reception rooms (one with a bay window and fireplace), a kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms. Middlesbrough is in north-east England, south of Hartlepool and north of Whitby. Price £22,000 (about €25,550)
Agent eazymove.co.uk

FRANCE: POITOU-CHARENTES

On the edge of a village and close to countryside walks, this house has two French windows facing the street (the pavement in front belongs to the house). One opens into a kitchen and the other to a living room with wood-burning stove set into the fireplace. There is also a bathroom on the ground floor. Upstairs are two bedrooms. The Le Vigeant motor racing circuit is nearby and the pretty town of L'Isle Jourdain, with its open-air swimming pool, is 3.5 km away.
Price €25,000
Agent frenchestateagents.com

GREECE: CORFU

On the west side of the Ionian Island of Corfu, in the traditional hilltop village of Giannades, this stone house measures 72sq m (775sq ft). Needing renovation, the house is technically a two-bedroom home but the interior needs reconfiguration. There is a small garden and a shed. The house is 17km from Corfu town and airport. Below the town is a cove that is only accessible by boat as it is at the bottom of a cliff: the nearest beach is 8km away.
Price €25,000
Agent rrcorfurealestate.com

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ITALY: ABRUZZO

Set in the hills close to Chieti city, this three-storey stone property comprises two attached houses in about an acre and a half of land (0.6 hectares). One home has a garage and two rooms on the ground floor, two bedrooms on the first floor and another room on top. The second house has a kitchen with fireplace and bedroom on the lower floor, and a living room and balcony upstairs. The surrounding garden contains fig, plum and pear trees. The Osento river is nearby.
Price €25,000
Agent immobiliarecaserio.com