Although Gandy’s Cottage in Clashmore sounds as if it might have some connection with the word’s most famous advocate of non-violent protest, it was in fact built by a local West Waterford Gandy.

While a bit dated, its size, address and next door neighbour will spark big interest, says Tommy Barker.

The efficient use of energy is one of the core tenets of sustainability as a way of life, and in a recent column I highlighted the Home Renovation Incentive (HRI) grants available from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).

THE change in the clocks and the resulting long evenings have many of us contemplating paint jobs or other home improvements; sunshine really highlights areas in need of attention. But while redecorating your home may make it look better, other improvements could not only add to its value but also have a positive impact on your wallet for years to come.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe was on the verge of sanctioning a €10 increase in carbon tax only for a change of mind later, departmental documents show.

A monthly survey tracking the construction industry showed a sharp rise in house building as the CSO prepares to publish figures this week which may reveal the true picture of the housing crisis facing the State.

House building is at “unsustainable and incredibly low levels” and is coming nowhere close to meeting demand, according to a new analysis by Goodbody’s Dermot O’Leary.

BACK for sale by private treaty, in a good Waterford city location and including land and buildings, with a €3 million price guide, is the former St Joseph’s House, used for a number of years by the Little Sisters of the Poor as a nursing home.

There’s been loads of work done to this three-bed suburban Cork home called Killona, everything, in fact bar an extension.

Kya deLongchamps on the confusing whirl of energy upgrades in the home.

I was very pleased to hear that the minster for housing is to allow the reintroduction of bedsitters.

Consumer advice with Gráinne McGuinness

THERE’S almost a moveable feast on the doorstep of The Cottage, an original style former fisherman’s cottage by the end of the Ferry Road, in coastal Cork’s Fountainstown: here, the tides have been steadily pushing back a sand spit or sandbar, inching it further up the scenic creek just west of the popular south Cork beach.

It’s less than a year since No 2 St Joseph’s Place appeared on these pages, laid out back then in old bedsits, and then was guiding €225,000 when we advised it needed getting the builders in. 

Leaks, mould, and damp are evidenced in numerous rental properties, but councils are far from overrun by complaints about landlords, writes Caroline O’Doherty

WOW! talk about a long haul, and a long, aisle-like hall, all rolled into one incredible, architectural Gothic revival package, with the most unassuming of names.

The half acre site’s the bonus at Thornfield, a detached, squarish, dormer home of 1,500 sq ft, by the edge of Glounthaune village by Ballynaroon, and the Highlands.

There’s lots of rooms up over this shop/cafe, finds Trish Dromey.     

House sales in a solid, though older, suburban estate like Browningstown in Douglas show the pace of house price inflation/recovery over the past five years.

THERE’s a good base to work with at the detached home 10, Grange Erin.

Inis is an architect-led, beautifully redesigned, walk-in condition, detached property at the city end of Cork’s popular Blackrock Road.

Hungry Hill Cottage looks out onto sloping wooded countryside and across Bantry Bay to Bere Island.

Tommy Barker discovers a little slice of America’s Cape Cod/New England style down west in County Cork.

Pitched as much at traders down as traders up — or just those keen on a strong location — is this bungalow called Inish, on Cork’s Well Road.

Apartment market shows signs of price recovery, says Tommy Barker.

Trish Dromey catches up on a smart property market home makeover.

Householders banking on a high energy efficiency rating on their home to save them money on their fuel bills could be disappointed, a study has found.

Blackrock Road, Cork city €525,000

Size: 127 sq m (1,367sq ft)

THERE’s a few line-outs and scrums of viewers locking heads together, at open viewings this week and early this afternoon at 50, Pearse Road, next to Musgrave Park’s rugby pitches and grounds.

It might be a bit old-school, but this four-bed semi-d near UCC on Cork’s College Road, called Glenlough, shows very well and will impress at open viewings from noon today.

Sq m 700 (7,500 sq ft)

Balllickey, West Cork

Sq m 284 (3,000 sq ft)

Size: 214 (2,300 sq ft)

Size: 80 sq m (870 sq ft)