THERE’S a reassuring ‘heft’ to the look of houses in Cork’s suburban Temple Vale — they are as robust and solid inside as they appear from outside, across their square-faced, assymetric front facades.

Caroline Delaney is all set for the eagerly anticipated showhouse viewing at a popular Cork development.

This residence at Classes Lake in Ovens, Co Cork, has it sussed when it comes to optimum spatial organisation, says Caroline Delaney

Youghal residence offers quality and style, says Kya deLongchamps

Done up to the nines, with some architectural aplomb and, quirkily, with a strong, pink-hued thread running through its decor and interior design, it’s now a very sizeable 3,391 sq ft private family home.

Trish Dromey reports on a well-presented option in Cork’s Glanmire.

A detached property in Cork’s The Ovals has come on the market and makes for a superb family home, writes Tommy Barker.

Trish Dromey checks out 2 Coolmore Lodge, near Carrigaline, a limestone-built cottage designed by architect Thomas Cundy in 1815.

Reckoned to be the first resale of a four-bed detached within the upmarket, crisp, contemporary-designed Elden scheme on Cork’s Maryborough Hill, No 3 arrives with a €630,000 price tag.

Tommy Barker admires this four-level home with full basement and attic.

Interest is high, says Tommy Barker

A three-storey 1890s build has been lovingly restored to perfect condition, says Tommy Barker

One of Ireland’s best-known estate agents, Sherry FitzGerald, has announced the launch of new customer communication hub.

Tommy Barker explores a modern three-bed bungalow with views over a picturesque part of the Cork coast — just 20km from the city

Property group Sherry FitzGerald is to focus on residential property, new homes, and mortgage provision, after selling its commercial property arm to minority partner Cushman & Wakefield.

This large family home has some stunning features that lift it out of the ordinary, writes Tommy Barker

This spacious family home has looks and location, says Tommy Barker

BALLINTEMPLE locations don’t get much more central than that enjoyed at the charmingly-titled Homelea – facing directly onto the Blackrock Road, it’s in the heart of everything in this southside Cork suburban location, and has been in the same family’s hands for over 50 years.

The second phase of a major development in Kinsale will attract a lot of attention writes Tommy Barker.

In the ever popular Mount Oval development in Rochestown, this two-bed, mid-terraced house at 44 Clonlea is new to the market with a guide of €250,000.

City living convenience? It hardly gets any better than Cork’s Marina Park, at the city end (or, the very start) of the Blackrock Road at its Victoria Road nexus.

This striking architect-designed family home has something for everyone, says Trish Dromey.

Tommy Barker says that this well-appointed late-1990s family home benefits greatly from its idyllic location on Cork’s Rochestown Road

Tommy Barker says new, upmarket schemes west and east of Cork city will spur resales – and gossip.

There are almost 20 large, detached one-off homes done to a variety of architectural styles and big, blowsy budgets, at the Ard Chuain development, which takes its name from the height it’s set at above Passage West, spanning expanses of Cork harbour.

THE purchaser of a 4.6 acre house development site next to Hilton on the Model Farm Road in Cork city’s suburbs has been confirmed as up-and-coming Munster builder Donal Relihan, of DNR Homes.

Tommy Barker says although a few decades old, detached Red Gables is well-sized and well-kept

A ready-to-build residential site within a few minutes walk of EMC/Dell in Cork’s Killumney and three miles from Ballincollig has come to market, where average cost per ‘stand’ to build on is running at €55,000. It equates to €563,000 per acre.

Two seminal Cork harbour mixed-use development sites with waterfrontage, in Crosshaven and in Passage West, come to the open market this week, being disposed of by the Doyle Shipping Group, and worth over €8m combined.

Dublin developer marks its arrival down south with a smart-looking        scheme of semi-ds in Cork’s tourism capital, writes Tommy Barker

STRAWBERRY Fields are forever — or, at least, the memory of them can be. Up for sale in the Blarney/Waterloo area is Carrigdara, a mid-1990s build at a spot called Knocknasuff, and it stands on productive gardens of half an acre.

Carmel offers plenty of space close to the city and will receive plenty of  attention for urban dwellers looking for that rural feel, says Tommy Barker