Two neighbouring developments in Wicklow town with a combined total of 44 houses for sale are expected to attract local and city buyers in equal numbers.

Joint agents Harrington Lait and Sherry FitzGerald Myles Doyle are taking bookings for 29 three and four-bedroom houses at Marlton Grove and 15 three-bedroom units at Springfield. Prices at Marlton start at £165,000 (209,510), while the Springfield units are from £149,000 (189,190).

The two sites are being developed by Redmond Construction, builder of the existing Marlton estate. Prospective buyers can visit Marlton Court, Park and Desmesne to see how the finished schemes will look.

Both developments are in choice locations on the western fringes of the town, within easy reach of the railway station.

To reach Marlton Grove, turn right by the Grand Hotel: the site is about half a mile on the left. Although Springfield adjoins Marlton, access is off Ballynerrin Road, which is a right turn at Delahunt's hardware store.

For sale at Marlton Grove are 14 three-bedroom semis of 1,054sqft, priced from £165,000 (209,510) and 10 1,334 sq ft four-bed semi-detached and detached houses from £197,000 (250,140).

Impressive brick and stone entrance pillars and attractive landscaping are particular features of the Marlton scheme. There are downstairs toilets, utility rooms and en suite shower rooms in all the houses for sale.

The three-bed semis from £165,000 (209,510) have a separate sittingroom and open-plan kitchen/diningroom at the back with doors to the garden. Two of the bedrooms are doubles and one is a single room which would be ideal as a study.

Four-bedroom houses have a practical layout. A sittingroom with open fireplace has connecting doors to a large dining/kitchen space. There are birch Shaker-style kitchen units and a good shelved utility room. Doors open to the back garden. Upstairs, two bedrooms are doubles and two single, with the main room en suite.

At Springfield, there is a choice of seven 900 sq ft three-bedroom terraced houses from £149,000 (189,190) and eight 1,054 sq ft three-bed end-of-terraces from £165,000 (209,510).

As with Marlton Grove, all the units have downstairs toilets and en suites. Sittingrooms interconnect with a large dining/kitchen opening to the back garden and two of the three bedrooms upstairs are doubles.

Gardens are seeded to the front on both schemes and there are landscaped open areas. Showhouses are on view on Saturday and Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4.30p.m.