€395,000 can get you a five-bed in Cork or a beachside villa in Alicante

Take Five: What’s available for €395,000 in Ireland and abroad

The five-bedroom house on Model Farm Road in Cork city for €395,000
The five-bedroom house on Model Farm Road in Cork city for €395,000

James G Coughlan & Associates is seeking €395,000 for a five-bedroom house at 1 Farranlea Park on Model Farm Road in Cork city.

‘Bourgeois’ stone house on the outskirts of Retiers in Brittany
‘Bourgeois’ stone house on the outskirts of Retiers in Brittany

France, Brittany This three-storey "Bourgeois" stone house is on the outskirts of Retiers in Ille-et-Vilaine. It is is surrounded by a garden – with trees and shrubs in which there is also a stone cottage with an open fire, and a covered courtyard. Beneath the main house is a cellar and separate earth-floored wine store. Rennes airport and centre are under 45 minutes away.

Price: €392,200 Agent: frenchestateagents.com

Eight-bedroom villa in Alicante, Spain
Eight-bedroom villa in Alicante, Spain

Spain, Alicante

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Views from this 290sq m villa encompass Calpe rock, in the sea, known as Peñón de Ifach, and nicknamed “mini-Gibraltar”. The three-storey, eight-bedroom, five-bathroom villa is in a traditional style, with terracotta and white-tiled floors, exposed wooden beams and wide, curved, open doorways. It is a few kilometres from the beach which can be viewed from the terrace beside the livingroom (which has a fireplace).

Price: €395,000 Agent: Costactiva.com

City centre apartment in Budapest, Hungary.
City centre apartment in Budapest, Hungary.

Hungary, Budapest

Budapest opera house is close to this three-bedroom, three-bathroom city-centre apartment. Shops and eateries are a short walk away but the apartment is in a relatively quiet street. The 138sq m home is on the second floor and has a balcony off the livingroom. It is in a refurbished classical building and the apartment itself has also had a revamp.

Price: €387,410 Agent: mhomes.hu

House on an island resort in the Colorado river, US
House on an island resort in the Colorado river, US

USA, Arizona

On an island on the Colorado river, near the border with California, this house is in a gated resort. In Lake Havasu City, the 175sq m house has open-plan living and, as you would expect from the watery location, a garage that is deep enough to take a boat and a launch ramp nearby.

Price: $445,000 (€399,000) Agent: realtyonegroupmountaindesert.com