Take five @ around €540,000

Sherry FitzGerald Kelly is asking €540,000 for a three-bedroom bungalow on over half an acre at Donadea, Co Kildare We find properties at a similar price in Canada, France, Italy and the US

FRANCE: Gard

A 19th century three-bedroom village house to renovate in a village near the Pont du Gard, half an hour from Nimes airport. Sittingroom with stone fireplace and ceiling beams, library and kitchen/diningroom with fireplace. Mature garden.

Price: €530,000

Agent: Emile Garcin 01 6636363

THE US: California

South Pasadena clapboard house with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a picket-fenced garden. In good condition, with updated kitchen/ family room, separate sittingroom and timber floors

Price: €542,000

Agent: Sotheby's International Realty 001 626 229 0919

ITALY: Tuscany

A 50sq m (538sq ft) one-bed apartment on Via Dei Leoni in Florence, yards from the Uffizzi and the River Arno. On the first floor of a palazzo behind Palazzo Vecchio, it is recently restored, with French windows onto a small balcony.

Price: €530,000

Agent: Knight Frank 0044 20 7629 8171

CANADA: Québec

Five-bedroom riverside house in Ste Adele with indoor pool and nine-acre wooded grounds. Parquet floors, beams and brick fireplaces. Includes four bathrooms and three-bed guest cottage. An hour from Montreal

Price: €542,000

Agent: Groupe Sutton-Laurentides 001 819 326 2244

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