Taking a wide angle view of the market

You don't have to be master of all you survey, but having a nice view from your home helps. Here's three with a great outlook

WESTORT €1.15M

Deerpark, Westport, Co Mayo

Four-bed at foot of Croagh Patrick has rustic feel with stone-walled livingroom, and balcony overlooking mountain.

Agent:Sherry FitzGerald

The Deerpark , located at the foot of Croagh Patrick, off the main Wesport to Murrisk Road is on the market through Sherry FitzGerald. Built last year and set on an acre it is brimming with character. The four-bedroom house has a rustic country home feel with lots of exposed beams and brickwork.

Rooms include an imposing stone-walled livingroom with a double height ceiling and a massive arched window with views out to the mountains. The large kitchen/dinignroom with its pine dresser, copper pots and ceiling beams could be part of an old country house. There is also a utility room, office and storage room.

Two of the bedrooms are en suite including the main one which has a balcony overlooking Croagh Patrick. There is also a a mezzanine area .

KILLINEY €2.95m

Gorsefield, Glenalua Road, Killiney, Co Dublin

Modern four-bed on half-an-acre of garden for €2.95m with views of mountains on secluded road.

Agent:Knight Frank

Gorsefield, a substantial detached house perched high on Glenalua Road in Killiney, Co Dublin stands on half an acre of garden with wide-ranging views over the Dublin and Wicklow mountains. The modern four-bedroom house is for sale by private treaty through Knight Frank, asking €2.95 million.

Glenalua Road has a secluded feel to it, thanks to its narrow entrance from Killiney Hill Road, near the Druids Chair round-about. The road is a hotch potch of house styles with Victorian cottages and 1950s terraced homes, giving way to larger individual properties such as Gorsefield with its striking fuchsia facade. There is parking for several cars and a garage.

Colour is the dominant theme of the 228 sq m (2,450 sq ft) interior where the principal rooms have floor to ceiling windows making the most of the views.

A good house for a party, it has a series of big airy interconnecting reception rooms that include a formal livingroom, an open plan diningroom and a bar. There is access to a large sun deck, with space for loungers and enough dining space to take a crowd. The deck overlooks a level stretch of lawn sheltered by a high redbrick wall, while elsewhere in the grounds there is a Japanese garden and a fish pool set in a patio with superb views.

The main bedroom has dual aspect views, while the remaining three bedrooms are alll comfortable doubles sharing a luxurious family bathrooms and a hot tub room.

CO DUBLIN €1.6M

1 Mount Joseph, Westmanstown, Co Dublin

Large remodelled cut-stone five-bed near Lucan village

Douglas Newman Good is seeking offers of €1.6 million for a strikingly remodelled five-bedroom house with idyllic countryside views near Lucan in west Dublin.

Located on the Lutrellstown to Clonsilla Road, about two miles of Lucan village and close to Westmanstown Golf Club, the cut- stone house is one of a pair of late 19th century cottages called Mount Joseph, though its now very different from its nieghbour.

Having tripled in size to around 325sq m (3, 500sq ft), the house is big, open and bright, with the main rooms at the back of the house looking out through Rationel picture windows. Accommodation includes a livingroom bigger than most one-bed apartments and a vast eat-in kitchen with granite walls offset by custom made cherrywood units. In addition there's a diningroom, games room and a playroom. A heat exchange system adds some eco cred to a low maintenance house.