Agent: John Vaughan Auctioneers

Number of properties on the books: 10

People are looking for: derelict cottages to restore

Fastest sale: cottage to do up with views - sold for €110,000 in a week

Most expensive property: €350,000 for a four-bedroom period house at Kilcornan in the town. Good condition with 0.25-acre gardens

Cheapest property: four-bedroom bungalow in need of modernisation in Glen, Ennistymon. Asking €200,000

What won't shift? Old cottage about a mile from town with planning to extend. Asking €95,000

Average monthly rent for a two-bed: €555

Daytime Ennistymon: art gallery, gym, squash, GAA, horse-trekking at Kilshanny, golf, swimming and fishing three miles away at Lahinch, the Burren is five miles away, and Merriman School in summer months. Lunch at the Súgan Chair

After dark: eat-out at the Falls Hotel and Byrne's. Music in several pubs, including Cooley's, Daly's, Eugene's, Murty's and Carrig's

Issues: dangerous junction at Lahinch turn-off and bypass needed