Address: 94 Ranelagh Village, Ranelagh, Dublin 6

Agent: Young’s

Offering living above and behind the shop, this three-storey terraced house has three bedrooms in three separate apartments. The 165sq m (1,776sq ft) redbrick property, in Ranelagh, rents its 22.2 sq m retail part to Bazaar Bargain Antiques.

Plus: Offers both somewhere to live and the potential to make money from commercial and residential lettings

Minus: It’s on the main road out of Ranelagh, which can be noisy

Address: Butlerstown House, Butlerstown, Co Cork

Agent: Savills

On nearly an acre of land with outbuildings, six-bedroom Butlerstown House is a big, comfortable Georgian gem. Asking €999,500, the 464.52sq m (5,000sq ft) house has a run of reception rooms on the ground floor, all with fireplaces and original shutters.On the upper floor are five bedrooms – four with en suites – and a bathroom. BER exempt

Plus: Great proportions and lots of original features from decorative plasterwork to marble fireplaces and wooden shutters

Minus: The kitchen and dining room are split from each other