SEASONAL sinkable homes in the sea, ‘caravanserai’ boats bringing people to cities along our rivers and planning laws which forbid building outwards in favour of building up and down.

DESPITE economic gloom, there’s a strong market still for €1-million-plus homes in Cork city.

WITH the waves lapping up at the back garden boundaries on high tide, and an indoor swimming pool alongside, Tideways has literally been floated on the market pitched at the executive family home sector.