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Director's seaside house is picture perfect
With a balcony you could fish from and canoes at the back door, Martha's Vineyard - the Dalkey home of film maker Jim Sheridan - is on the market at €8m. Property Editor Orna Mulcahy reports

Creative homes, artistic style
Sandymount/€2m: Felim Egan is inspired by the view of Sandymount Strand from his D4 villa; Harry Kernoff lived for 50 years in a handsome house in D8. Fiona Tyrrell and Rose Doyle report.

Great Georgian keeps quiet about its charms
Sandycove/€6.5m: A secluded Sandycove house built in the 1780s has original details, modern comfort writes Bernice Harrison .

New to Market

Making the right connections on roads in the heart of Donnybrook
Belmont Avenue/€2.35m: A mid-terrace redbrick at 47 Belmont Avenue in turnkey condition has an AMV of €2.35 through Sherry Fitzgerald prior to auction on May 2nd.
Pristine presentation in Mount Merrion cul-de-sac
Co Dublin/€3m: Coming up for auction on May 10th is a large detached house in Greygates, a cul-de-sac just off the N11 in Mount Merrion, Co Dublin.
Four in D6 . . . faded grandeur to cutting edge
Period homes in Rathmines, Ranelagh and Rathgar are always popular, whether true originals, with pantries and parlours, or modernised with smart extensions, write Property Editor Orna Mulcahy , Bernice Harrison and Brenda McNally .
Elegant double-fronted house on terrific terrace
Leinster Road West/€1.58m: A pretty terrace of houses on Leinster Road West in Rathmines, Dublin 6, is clearly the sort of place where people like to settle, writes Orna Mulcahy .
Sensitive refurb near Luas
Moyne Road/€2.1m: Limited public transport used to give househunters reason to pause before buying in Ranelagh, but not any more, writes Brenda McNally .
Turnkey home in Rathmines
Grosvenor Road/€2.75 million: A five-bedroom terraced redbrick on a popular road in Rathmines is for sale by private treaty through Felicity Fox at €2.75 million.
Light, contemporary and highly finished four-bed
Dublin 14/€2m: This Crampton-built house in Clonskeagh has been extended and well decorated to a high standard, writes Bernice Harrison .
Poetic spot on Grand Canal bridge
Dublin 2/€2m: Generations of Leaving Cert students will be familiar with Patrick Kavanagh's poem Canal Bank Walk and most Dubliners and visitors to the city will be familiar with the poet's much-loved stretch of waterway, writes Brenda McNally .
House benefits from architect's bright ideas
Dublin 6/€650,000: This is one for buyers looking for a well-located, small townhouse in walk-in condition, writes Bernice Harrison .
Market View
Buyers will drink to good facilities, including pubs, says Marc Coleman .

New Homes

Chase on for upmarket houses at former stud
Co Meath/from €1.725m: The first phase of a luxury scheme in the grounds of the former Williamstown Estate hit the market this week.
One-beds with office in heart of new neighbourhood
Sandyford/€495,000: Live/work units at Beacon South Quarter come to the market this week with prices starting at €495,000.
Docklands apartments aimed at pension holders as investment
Wealth management company Finance Life is hoping to tempt Irish pension holders into an interesting residential investment opportunity in Dublin's docklands.

Overseas Property

From barn to belle maison: farmhouse for €1.5m
French Renovation: A Dubliner who found a derelict 17th century barn on a visit to France converted it to a luxury home. Croasdella Cruess Callaghan reports.
Sale and leaseback homes from €330,000
French Resorts: Properties in one of the last phases of Les Domaine de Saint Endreol, a four-star golf and spa resort in the south of France, are being sold in Ireland through Colliers Jackson-Stops at prices ranging from €330,000 to over €1.3 million.
Tropical gardens, views of bay in Madeira
An early 19th century quinta overlooking Funchal Bay on the island of Madeira is for sale for €3.1 million through Colliers Jackson-Stops.
Cape Verde exhibition
Cape Verde Developments will hold an exhibition about its Paradise Beach resort tomorrow and Saturday, April 13th and 14th, in the Westbury Hotel, Dublin and next weekend in Springville House, Blackrock Road, Cork.

Architecture

Good design in details
The care taken over the design of every aspect of this D6 house shows how good detailing can lift the spirits, writes Emma Cullinan .

The Market

Council steps in to save allotments
Conservation Areas: Residents and allotment holders are happy the council has named their Glasnevin square as the city's first residential architectural conservation area, writes Paul O'Doherty
Sutton villa on 0.33 acres sells for €2.5 million
SalesResults: No auctions were held in the run up to Easter, though some private treaty deals have been concluded in recent days. In Sutton, J B Kelly Auctioneers fetched over €2.5 million by tender for a seafront site of a third on an acre on Greenfield Road.
Spacious family house on 2.94 acres with potential
Swords: €1.9m: An ivy-covered country house on 2.94 acres near Swords has an AMV of €1.9 million in the run-up to auction on May 3rd with Lisney.
Cautious spending plans for SSIAs
Market Trends: A finely matured Special Savings Incentive Account (SSIA) amounts to a sum of €20,000-€25,000: just the kind of money that could prompt a novice investor or would-be first-time buyer to pick up a few nice property brochures.
Around the Block
Irish lose out on Chelsea pitch Irish property developer Paddy Shovlin, who has done more than anyone to transform Sandyford from a drab industrial ghetto to a trendy residential enclave, has been pipped at the post to buy Chelsea barracks in central London.
People on the Move
Gunne New Homes has appointed Owen Reilly as director, bringing to six the company board membership.

How To Decorate

Garden room a half-way house between inside and out
The ideal garden room is somewhat open to the elements while offering a measure of protection from them, writes Robert O'Byrne .
The garden room: six essentials
Take our climate into account; if you're going to have a garden room, site it in the most sheltered spot you can find.

New Life

Monaghan - smart oasis in drumlin country
With Patrick Kavanagh's poems in mind, Michael Parsons set off for Monaghan with wellingtons and a heavy heart - and to his surprise, found a smart, affluent market town.
Why I moved: 'the hello on the street's still there'
Liam Bradley (29) is Ireland's youngest museum curator and was appointed to run the Monaghan County Museum in 2003.
How to get there
Roads: Dublin to Monaghan is about 77 miles. The traditional route is the N2 (Dublin to Derry road) but the quickest way now is via the M1 to Belfast, take the exit for Ardee in Co Louth and then rejoin the N2.
More about Monaghan
Population: 6,000
What you get in Monaghan
Address: Lakeside Walk, North Road, Monaghan

Planning

Way cleared for over 250 homes at Notre Dame
A residential scheme on the grounds of Notre Dame school in Churchtown, Dublin 14, has been given approval by An Bord Pleanála.
High-rise scheme planned at Sandyford
An 18-storey hotel and a 16-storey residential building form part of Galway developer John Lally's plans for a site at the Sandyford Business Estate in Dublin 18.
Dog trainer wins appeal to retain Abbeyfeale 'walkies' shed
A Limerick dog trainer can keep a dog-walking shed on his property in Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick, despite claims from neighbours that an animal training centre is "inappropriate" in a residential area.
Watch this Space
Council says yes to 714 homes planned for Stepaside: A major housing development near Stepaside village in south County Dublin has been given approval by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.
Planning & Development
A selective guide to developments in your area
Diary
A round-up of events and courses

Mortgages

Worth the investment?
Address: 81 Ivy Court, Beaumont, Dublin 9.

Take Five

Take five @ around €1.3 million
Lisney is quoting €1.3 million for 5 Brighton Court, a four-bedroom semi-detached house off Brighton Road, Foxrock, Dublin 18. We find properties at a similar price in France, Italy, Spain and the UK.

Country Living

Shooting lodge on over 5,000 mountainside acres
South Tipperary €15m : While it could be smartened up, Ballyknockane Lodge has serious potential, writes Michael Parsons .
Wind farms generate plenty of interest
Land Uses: There are 60-plus wind farms operating in Ireland and many more are in the pipeline as landowners wake up to the wind energy potential of their land.
Family style in Brittas Bay village
Co Wicklow: €520,000: A pretty three-bedroom house in the Brittas Bay Village development in Co Wicklow is for sale by private treaty through Sherry Fitz-Gerald O'Gorman at €520,000.

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