McDonald Brothers Real Estate Alliance is seeking €450,000 for 12 Weston Crescent, a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Lucan, Co Dublin. Kate McMorrow finds properties at a similar price in Canada, Brazil, South Africa and England
BRAZIL: Bahia
Right on the beach, the Inn by the Sea has 12 guest suites overlooking the Atlantic. Air-conditioned and fully furnished, with two pools, poolside bar and restaurant. Includes a separate owner's villa
Price: €453,000
Agent: David Dumond 001 954 346 7241
SOUTH AFRICA: Gauteng
A modern manor house in Cornwall Hill, a secure estate near Johannesburg with its own private school. Includes four reception rooms, four bedrooms, three bathrooms and maple kitchen. Also a four-room guest cottage
Price: €450,000
Agent: Pam Golding International 0044 207 824 9088
ENGLAND: London
On Roseberry Place, Dalston, E8, a part of Hackney undergoing regeneration, a pretty two-bed Victorian house with sash windows and working shutters. Modern kitchen and bathroom and west-facing decked garden
Price: €449,410
Agent: Luchford APM 0044 20 7241 4111
CANADA: Nova Scotia
This four-bed three-bath beach house is on 6.5 acres of Nova Scotia's south shore at Ragged Harbour. One of two houses on a peninsula, with sea on three sides. A tourist rental property and 75 per cent booked for 2005. Lovely gardens
Price: €454,000 (negotiable)
Agent: EscapeArtist.com
