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4 of a kind: Family homes you can explore right now using virtual reality

No need to wait for a viewing.

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FROM FINDING A PROPERTY that suits your budget to travelling to viewings, if you’re currently searching for your first home, odds are you already know how busy an experience it can be.

That’s why this week, we’ve hand-picked four gorgeous properties around Ireland that you can take a look at from your couch via a virtual reality tour.  

If you have Google Cardboard or other VR headset, you can enjoy a full 3D experience for each tour by tapping the ‘goggles’ icon.

Mornington, Co Meath

This development of three, four and five-bedroom homes is located in the heart of the Boyne Valley, yet it’s only forty minutes from Dublin. The brand new, red-brick properties offer a mix of style and tradition and are cleverly designed to adapt to growing families.

The generously sized kitchen area features double doors out to the garden, and upstairs, the bedrooms are all en-suite. All of the properties at Mornington are A-rated for energy, with air-sourced heat pumps and uPVC windows.

Homes here are priced between €287,500 and €362,500.

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Rathfarnham, Dublin 16

Prospective buyers entering properties Bolton Park will be greeted by 10ft high ceilings upon arrival, but that’s not the last of the homes’ impressive features. These stylish developments are A3-rated for energy, and are superbly designed.

In the kitchen, stepped Shaker fittings vie for attention with quartz worktops, and upstairs, the well-sized bedrooms are bright and airy. The development is designed around Bolton Hall House, which dates back to 1818, and its location on the grounds gives Bolton Park a sense of grandeur rarely found elsewhere.

This new development is priced between €775,000 and €950,000.

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Glenealy, Co Wicklow

Who says you need storeys to be spacious? The Bungalow at Collacork offers six impeccably designed bedrooms over 241.55 sq.m/2,600 sq. ft, each finished to the very highest standard.

The property features an integrated Jonathan Williams kitchen, a spacious dining area and abundant storage space, including a utility room and hot press. Outside, electric gates open onto a gravel driveway, with timber decking to the rear.

Offers open at €495,000.

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Malahide, Co Dublin

Located in a haven of tranquility, yet less than thirty minutes from Dublin, Hazelbrook offers a great deal to the prospective purchaser. The properties on offer range in size from 149.4sq m/1,608sq ft and 200sq m/2,152 sq ft, and the whole building is immaculately styled while retaining traditional touches such as coving.

Each property has four bedrooms, featuring bespoke vanity units with velstone tops, custom fit wardrobes and plenty of light thanks to large windows. Interested? Viewings take place from 2-4pm on the 18th and 19th November.

Properties are on sale from €645,000 to €895,000

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More 4 of a kind: Picture-perfect Edwardian redbricks around Dublin

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Áine O'Connell
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