HAVING a major employer, with 2,500 jobs, over the boundary fence is expected to underpin developer/builder confidence in pursuit of 12.5 acres in two fields, fresh to market, at Grange Cross, Ovens, west of Cork City and Ballincollig.

Ruden Homes, the Munster-based property development company, has appointed Peter Ruane and Robert Deane as directors to its board.

A village centre to serve a rapidly-evolving Cork suburban setting with 1,000 homes now provided is proposed for Cork’s southside.

Two Cork bars, one a classic of the old-school, the other a modern bar and restaurant built in 2008 are new to market, being sold as well-trading entities.

Maryborough, Cork, €385,000

Upmarket four-bed is destined for viewings as the Cork market picks up Tommy Barker reports.

Sq m: 150 (1,615 sq ft)

Size: Sq m 92 (990 sq ft)

Ruden Homes is building its way out of a recession, reports Tommy Barker with an increase in new house sales at Lehenaghmore

THE former Nemo Rangers site, easily developed and in a cracking inner-suburban setting in Cork City, was expensively acquired by the Fleming Group, and is now for sale for its receivers.

A TRUE litmus test of who’s left with an appetite to build new houses, on one of Cork city’s best residential sites, is on the cards for early in 2013.

Cork builder John Deane tells Tommy Barker why he is still building new houses

CARRIGALINE, CO.CORK €190,000

We scan a selection of trading up homes around the country.

New phase of Ovens development from O’Callaghan Properties for sale, Tommy Barker reports.

Informal viewings have started in these new Eagle Valley homes in Wilton. Tommy Barker reports

FACING the lichen covered walls of St Peter’s Church at Carrigrohane, the Hayfield estate is maturing nicely, nearly 10 years on from being built.

THERE’S rooms aplenty at the five-bed family home 21, The Gates.

IS No 25 Hayfield the pick of the crop? There probably isn’t a bad house in this 2004 up-market Cork suburban development, but in the sliding scale of best sites and sizes, it certainly comes out near the top.

CONVENIENCE to the city centre and to key roads and infrastructure is set to underpin sales at the Manor Farm house scheme in Cork’s Lehenaghbeg, just off the South Ring Road.

GIVEN the number of colleges providing courses, and the surge of new home building over the past decade it has been a good time to be an interior designer.

THERE’S no point in letting a good design go to waste — which is why Ruden Homes has used this double-fronted red-brick home both in the Shrewsbury estate in Carrigaline and a follow-up scheme in Matthew Hill, Lehenamore.

LEHENAGHMORE is the next big thing in suburban expansion in Cork city, with huge growth expected in the area over the next five years.

PROJECTS worth hundreds of millions of euro are in the pipeline for County Cork, as the Celtic Tiger shows no signs of slowing down.

A COTTAGE, at Lehenaghmore, on the fringes of Cork city on a three-quarter acre site, might have been a country home up to recent years, but its proximity to the south ring road and Pouladuff has put it in a development spotlight.