More of a trading-down, or trading-in, option is the mid-terraced Summercove house called Quebec, with the Bulman bar and restaurant on its doorstep, as is the pier at Summercove, plus a shingle beach at low tide.

The most recent resale at The Crescent, off Cork’s Farranlea Road, was to private/family buyers, but that was for a version of this novel, contemporary crescent-shaped terrace of three storey homes which had an added-on ground floor room that made it even more suitable for smallies.

A very early bid of the full asking price of €375,000 gives a strong indication of the salability of this four-bed semi at 30 Wheatridge, Maryborough Woods in Douglas.

There’s a strong architectural look of its time to 4, Woodlands, in Cork’s Frankfield suburb: the detached brick and much glass-fronted home with a strip of vertical cedar cladding is 1970s in its demeanor, and now an even more serviced southside suburb.

The name, Oval Top House, makes it sound like a table... but, as anyone who knows his or her Rochestown in Cork might suspect, this is the real sweet suite of options to dine out on.

The last detached in Bridgewater, by Carrigrohane in Cork, featured here in mid August and came under heavy viewings, being bid in recent times towards the mid-€400,000s via agent Terence O’Leary of Murray Browne.

There is a sort of city sophistication to the finishes at this rural-set, architecturally-designed over-basement home, 20 minutes from Ballincollig and a few miles north of Enniskeane.

Set aside a bit of time for viewing this Kilglass home on Saturday next at day long open viewings: it’s big, with 3,2000 sq ft and six bedrooms, over three floors, but it also comes with up to seven acres and a big detached garage.

There’s a good mix of house types in the popular Fort Hill development in Cork’s Moneygourney, outside Douglas by Garryduff and Rochestown, and the scheme done by Murnane and O’Shea is a consistent seller, says auctioneer Glenn O’Connor.

The interior is said to be tasty, but there’s something else too, right on the doorstep, to tingle the tastebuds at Rostellan House.

It’s called Three Gables, but one of the three gables on this Lehenaghmore home really is quite stand-out: it has a raised balcony with elevated decking, deliberately placed for spanning dramatic views of Cork city’s western suburbs. 

House price rebound has been strong in Cork inner suburbs in the years since the slump, as home hunters seemingly favour city accessibility and commutability over youthful age, good BER’s, and techie trimmings.

Very high specifications across a large and accommodating home is the promise at Caledonia, a detached 4,800 sq ft family home at Ballyshoneen, Waterfall, about five miles from Bishopstown and 3.5 miles from Waterfall itself, just west of Cork city.

The name of this pleasant-looking, compact three-bed cottage on Cork’s Rossa Avenue may be ominous: it’s called Wayside, and that’s exactly what it may fall by, the wayside, as its site, so close to the third level campus of CIT is just covetable and, indeed valuable.

It’s the one and only — no, not an Olympic winner, but the only four-bed home currently on offer in Cork’s Frankfield suburb, above Douglas. 

Now just over 40 years of age, this detached home called Whitethorn’s due a makeover.

No 33 Chestnut Meadows is not only one of the larger house types in this popular, trading-up Glanmire development, it’s also on possibly one of the very largest sites within it.

You’d be hard pushed to find a quieter, off-road setting and suntrap suburban back garden than Mindzenty, named after a persecuted Hungarian Cardinal.

Scenic views of the Owenabue River come as an added extra with this spacious five bed detached house at 16 the Estuary in Carrigaline. 

Finding a small house on a big plot on the Model Farm Road will be manna from heaven for some — this is prime hunting ground and it should draw in the doer-upper-do-it-bigger brigade and even the smash-and-developers.

A five minute walk to CUH and with Spioraid Naomh Secondary school a few minutes away, this is the perfect triangular location for buyers.

In fitting out their home the owners of 8 Oak Drive, Castleheights in Carrigaline opted for a lot of extras — they put in a jacuzzi bath, surround sound, a stove and under floor heating and also landscaped their garden.

A rare opportunity to experience penthouse living and enjoy expansive views of the Lough Mahon Estuary is now being offered at 82, The Sonata, at Harty’s Quay in Rochestown.

There’s a choice of Broadale homes this week, on Cork’s Maryborough Hill above Douglas, where €225,000 might buy you a three-bed, 930 sq ft semi-detached bungalow, but a further €55k or so could get you in the door of the two-storey, 1,140 sq ft home at 17 The Drive.

It’s only been a few years since No 26 Tracton Avenue was last up for sale, but this time around, it’s quite a different proposition.

This house is in walk-in condition, and within an easy walk of Douglas village’s services and shops and schools.

This house is a good fit for families, as it’s opposite a large green, and also has appeal for traders down given its layout and easy maintenance.

Broad in the beam might describe the way the accommodation is laid out at Comeragh, aka No 10 Laburnum Park, by the secondary entrance to the CUH hospital campus, off the Model Farm Road.