The final phase of Ballydowd Manor in Lucan is launching this weekend through Leahy Property Consultants. On offer will be six 720 sq ft two-bedroom mid-terrace houses, four 1,000 sq ft three-bed end-terraces with garage spaces and 16 three-bedroom semis measuring 1,100 sq ft. Prices start at £149,000 (€189,190) for the smallest units, which have a kitchen to the front and sliding doors from the sittingroom to a good-sized back garden. Showhouses will be open this weekend from 3 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.

End of terrace houses from £169,000 (€214,590) have a more traditional layout with the sittingroom to the front, a kitchen overlooking the back garden and three bedrooms upstairs. Three-bedroom semis from £171,000 (€217,130) have a bay-windowed sittingroom, diningroom at the centre of the house and an extended kitchen to the rear. The main bedroom upstairs is en suite.

As this is the final phase of Ballydowd Manor, many of the houses are occupied and the estate is acquiring a lived-in look. The location is excellent, in the old St Mary's Parish of Lucan - and therefore within the catchment area of village schools.