YOU can’t beat Broadale for a Douglas address, even if it is off Maryborough Hill.

IT’S a bit of a secret, is Ashgrove Park. Tucked away behind Bishopstown Credit union, it’s a little lane that runs to Curraheen Church and is used mostly by residents.

IRONICALLY, the directions given for finding this low-slung, city hide-away with a country garden look are given as ‘turn right opposite the High House.’

AMONG the several clichés for buying a first home are phrases like ‘first rung of the ladder’ and ‘getting in at the ground floor.’