6 MARETIMO GARDENS - €1.55M / 44 MARETIMO GARDENS - €1.275M:NUMBER 6 Maretimo Gardens East is all about the sea and the sky.

At about 120sq m (1,300sq ft) the house has a feeling of airy openness by virtue of its elevated position and sea views filling all the back windows, as well as a long 39m (128ft) garden descending in terraces to the sea. This has fruit trees and vegetable planters at the lowest level. There is a gate to access the pedestrian bridges over the Dart to the sea.

It is for sale for €1.55 million by private treaty through Savills HOK.

The interior has a traditional layout of sittingroom and diningroom with kitchen and pantry at the back, a guest cloakroom and wide hall as well as the original floorboards, high ceilings, coving and panelled doors.

The livingroom has a door out to the back terrace, while upstairs there is a long balcony running the width of the house with access from the main bedroom.

Upstairs there are four bedrooms, two square doubles and the family bathroom.

The front garden has parking, and the garage has good storage.

44 MARETIMO GARDENS

MARETIMO GARDENS East is a quiet cul-de-sac beside Blackrock village with 19 semi-detached houses on it, with one side backing on to the sea. They rarely come up for sale so it is unusual to have two nearly opposite each other on the market at the same time.

Number 44 has the benefit of a side garden which has been transformed by Diarmuid Gavin into a leafy retreat with a roof terrace over the playroom. The 148sq m (1,600sq ft) four-bedroom house is for sale through Savills HOK at €1.275 million.

Its pretty exterior, comprising two bay windows under a black beamed gable with timber porch and recessed front door, gives way to a modernised and extended interior with original features such as picture rails, doors and banisters.

The good sized drawingroom with open fire has double doors to the diningroom with original cast iron fireplace and French doors opening to the back patio garden.

The kitchen is fitted with cream units, timber worktops and red tiled splashbacks. There is a pantry, utility room and cloakroom off this as well as a playroom with double doors to the garden.

Upstairs there are four bedroomsand a family bathroom. A small door leads from the stairs to the terrace garden, a decked, enclosed space with clear balustrade and exotic planting around it and room for a table and chairs on which to enjoy coffee in the sun.