A THREE-STOREY, three-bathroom, three-bedroomed house with a price handily below €300k is on offer at an asking price of €290,000 at Ballincollig’s Old Quarter.

REGARDED as one of the better estates in Glanmire, according to local auctioneer Don Murphy, Glencairn is a small enclave of one-offs.

BUILDERS try not to let the grass grow under their feet — but in the case of The Beeches, that’s exactly the landscaping plan adapted for this scheme of 13 serviced site.

THINK the convenience of a country setting close to Cork city and its bright new airport and business park, think detached status, think a bit of garden space, and think in the region of €500/550,000 plus for a couple of summer 2006 options, each on a half acre plot.

IT was called after a local rock band of the 1970s, but the Cork house Sleepy Hollow now is more likely to conjure up images of suburban reveries than raucous rock gigs.