This is guided at €675,000, and is reached off a short, discrete shared access with low stone avenue walls off Church Hill.

This house of two halves keeps what’s old old, and what’s new is new, but combined make a home a delight to own, writes Tommy Barker.

Tommy Barker reports on the launch of a development in the harbour town that’s been years in the making.

Houses at Kinsale’s Ardbrack may go for ‘Scilly -money’, but buyers take their own view, says Tommy Barker.

WITH more than 100 names down for chances to buy again, and at long last, at one of Munster’s very best developments where the two former showhouses went on first view on Tuesday, set to sell within days, it really will be a case of all’s well not ending well for most hopefuls at Earls Well.

A slice of old Cork city suburbs and far vistas too, come with this back-to-front house, No 33 Sunday’s Well Road.

Tommy Barker finds that Glanmire Rectory fits the ‘one of the best in town’ bill as demand for high-end homes makes a remarkable recovery.

Kya deLongchamps says with minor updating, Lakefield would be a handsome home to love and to live in.

Tommy Barker enjoys the aspect of this one-off woodland haven on Caragh Lake in Kerry, a perfect find for a painter, potter or poet.

APPROPRIATELY, there’s a view still to be had down from the wooded grounds of 2, Carrs Hill, to the exquisite spire and grounds of St Luke’s Church in Cork’s Douglas — the in-spired view is relevant, because this house was for most of its life the rectory that housed the various clergy and their families.

A Cork suburban house sold for €2.4m — more than €500,000 over its asking price — is being hailed as evidence of recovery and emerging confidence in the upper end of the house market outside of Dublin.

Tommy Barker enjoys the privacy that the aspect of Kinsale’s Old Rectory bestows and reflects on the history of this charming, elegant classic.

The 84-acre Fairy Valley has two modern houses, farm land, ponds and Dunmanus Bay views, says Tommy Barker.

YOU can see the final bend and five-furlong straight at Mallow Racecourse from the upstairs bedrooms of Firville House.

Our family were probably the first tourists in Baltimore,” quips Stuart Musgrave, as he prepares to sell his family’s current base on Cove Road in this appealing West Cork village, known far and wide, and over the seas, for its tourism, sailing, ferries and fishing.

The sale has closed on the former Lovetts’ restaurant in Cork’s suburbs, for 20% over its guide. 

This year was the year of the Big Ask, but of a lot less delivery, in the multi-million euro house sale league.

A talent-show fundraiser run by estate agents Savills in Cork, Dublin and Belfast cities last week raised over €50,000 for cancer services in each of the three locations, entertaining over 1,000 people in the process. And, Louis Walsh impressions featuree among the three different judging panels in the Cork/Dublin/Belfast’s ‘Got Talent’ shows.

Caragh Lake, Kerry €1.25 million

APARTMENTS built by Howard Holdings are being offered for sale for receivers KPMG, in two lots, in Cork City centre, and in outer suburban Rochestown.

Location: Douglas, Cork €2.75million

Tommy Barker uncovers venerable Douglas village hideaway called Curraghbeg, on a remarkable-sized acre and a half in Douglas.

Mews possibilities at rear of Ballintemple home due to rear lane access, reports Tommy Barker.

Sonas, a landmark development on the junction of Vicar’s Road and Ardmanning Avenue in Cork city, is a contemporary gated scheme of townhouses and apartments with a rent roll of almost €120,000 per annum.

With lakeshore access and a swimming pool, there’s a watery theme to this Kerry jewel.

TWO niche apartment blocks in a high-profile corner setting by Cork’s Kent rail station are new to market this week with agents Savills who describe them as “high-end”.

Size: Sq m 232 (2,500 sq ft)

IN 1970, when The Atrium was built, there were queues of curious browsers around the corner, onto the Model Farm Road, to have a look-see and a walk-through: it was to be the showhouse for the Hilton development of very large family homes, on equally expansive sites, just west of the city.

Size: Sq m 140/170

€395,000

We view a selection of trading up homes from around the country.

Ready-made four-bed trading up Frankfield family home, Tommy Barker reports.

WHAT a package Belmont is. This period/Edwardian three-storey four-bed home on a third of an acre in one of the best stretches of the Douglas Road in Cork is a desirable, new-to-market arrival.

Waterside home is awash with luxury and swimming options, writes Tommy Barker, with interiors to float your boat.

THERE aren’t very many houses in developments as large, as good, and on as good grounds, as Fernwood — this Cois Chuain home is outstanding in its field.

Our pick of this week’s property offerings

Tommy Barker heads east and uncovers a turn-key property dating to the late 1880s, but extended and renovated

A shortage of new homes in Dublin and Cork has seen a surge in residential rents since January, the biggest in five years.

Value for an enterprising buyer, or two together. Tommy Barker reports

With difficulty winning mortgage approval and facing tough competition from cash buyers, it wasn’t an easy year for first-time buyers.