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.

This four-bed home called Cara is one of a small handful of ‘new’ kids on the block at Trabeg Lawn, off Cork’s South Douglas Road, less than 1km from the suburban village’s plethora of amenities.

Tommy Barker revisits 7 Grange Terrace with its vaulted ceiling hall and south-facing garden, offering character and comfort, at a good price.

This suburban 1950s home has almost doubled its original size in a magical makeover says Tommy Barker.

It seems to pretty much be all about the site, and the views, from 7 Ard Cross, in county Cork’s Crosshaven. 

SOONER or later, every housing estate undergoes renewal - a changing of the guard, and that was the case when this Douglas house, Elyan, or No 15 Ballincurrig Park, last came to market, at peak-value time, in 2006.

Strawhall, Monkstown €160,000

A modern build, and done like a small hotel, the Brogan Inn in Bandon is for sale, ready to run, and full of potential.

There are different and unexpected ways to lose a tenant – but a constituency redraw is one of the more unusual.

A survey this week by Real Estate Alliance indicates that the average price for an Irish three-bed semi-d is €179,981: it noted that this house type had gone up 21% in value within the past 12 months, and by 24% in Dublin.

A ‘sale agreed’ that dragged on for a year before collapsing might benefit the sellers of Caledonia, an eco-aware home in Cork’s Waterfall, at Ballyshoneen. 

Thinking of selling your house? This handy info-graphic will tell you what you need to know.

YOU know of the fairly hackeneyed property expression ‘no expense spared?’ Well, here’s the house that gives fresh currency to the phrase.

Sq m: 129 (1,395 sq ft)

Sq m: 81 (870 sq ft)

CARRIGNAVAR, CORK €495,000

There’s been a string of Sold! signs shoot up along Cork’s main Douglas road, among other similar older suburbs, where convenience is king and the city’s a walk away.

MOVING out is going to be hard enough, parting and packing up being such sweet sorrows, and as for decluttering, well ... it’s not going to really make much of a difference, is it?

Those hunting for a place to settle are lining up to do bidding battle. Tommy Barker reports

Threadneedle House, built in the 1990s in posh Moneygourney, is 3,800 sq ft on five acres, and is beautifully landscaped, Tommy Barker reports