Bray: from €1.6m: Buyers intending to upgrade in the north Wicklow area have another chance from today to view North Shore, a small development of five-bedroom houses with plenty of living space for families.

The Bray office of Jackson-Stops is handling the sale of the last TWO? houses, each on about an acre. Two of the three houses are at the top of the site with good views.

Prices are €1.6 million and €1.7 million, with the landscaped and furnished showhouse asking €1.85 million.

As the name suggests, North Shore is on the approach road to Greystones coming from Bray, elevated above the sea and with good views of the harbour and countryside. The 13-acre site is within walking distance of the north beach of Greystones harbour.

With just a half season under its belt, the grounds are beginning to mature and several young families have moved in.

The 13 houses range in size from 297-359 sq m (3,200 sq ft to 4,500 sq ft) and include a gym and a playroom or teenager's den. The rooms are mostly at ground floor level, allowing flexibility of use - one of the bedrooms could be a study or home office, for example.

A typical floor plan has a large square-shaped entrance hall leading to an inner hallway accessing the living and bedroom accommodation. Double doors open opposite the hall door to a sittingroom which, in turn, opens to an atrium room.

Off the sittingroom is a family room, open-plan to the kitchen/breakfastroom.

Off the kitchen and with access from the hall is a formal diningroom, while a fitted utility also leads off the kitchen.

A family bathroom, bedroom with en suite and playroom are at this end of the house, with a door to the integral garage from the playroom. This entire section would convert quite easily to an apartment for a live-in nanny.

Another double bedroom opens from the hall. At the opposite end of the house is the main bedroom and another double room, both en suite, with a full bathroom and walk-in dressingroom off the larger bedroom. A separate guest toilet is also here.

A staircase near the playroom climbs to a double bedroom which would make a quiet study or home office.

Developer Elmbawn is part of the J Wood Group, also known as Townpark Estates, a locally-based family firm which is responsible for Redford Park, Greystones, and Convent Court and Delgany Wood in Delgany.