What will €270,000 buy in Dublin and Laois?

Town and Country: An apartment in Park West or a five-bed house in Portlaoise

A home for sale on Kilminchy Avenue, Portlaoise, Co Laois
A home for sale on Kilminchy Avenue, Portlaoise, Co Laois

Address Kilminchy Avenue, Portlaoise, Co Laois

Agent Clement Herron Real Estate

With five bedrooms and four bathrooms, this detached three-storey house comes in at 200.4sq m (2,157sq ft). The kitchen is bespoke, with a stone and walnut worktop. There’s a dining-room, a living room with a fireplace and double doors to a patio, plus a utility area and downstairs WC. On the second floor are three bedrooms, one with an en suite, and a separate bathroom. On the top floor is the main bedroom with en suite, and another bedroom. The garden contains mature shrubs and there’s a garage and off-street parking. BER: B3

Plus Substantial, quirky home in good condition

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Minus There could be more windows

Address 53 The Crescent Building, Park West, Dublin 12

Agent Baxter Real Estate

On the sixth floor of the complex, this swish 112sq m (1,206sq ft) apartment has three bedrooms. The accommodation also includes a bathroom and an open-plan living/dining-room and kitchen, with wooden floors and glass doors to a balcony. Two of the three bedrooms have en suite bathrooms and all open onto balconies. There is a parking space underground. BER: B3.

Plus All three bathrooms were recently upgraded

Minus One bedroom is beside the kitchen

Emma Cullinan

Emma Cullinan

Emma Cullinan, a contributor to The Irish Times, specialises in architecture, design and property