Four-bed semis are in very short supply in Ballincollig and many which do come on the market, are more expensive than this one at 138 An Caislean, guiding at €299,950.

Following on the sale of a city centre bar in Cork, close to the proposed new convention centre at South Gate Bridge, estate agent Con Nagle of Global Properties has a bar in Cork county offered next on his books, with a second similar due to follow in the coming weeks.

Muskerry Estate “is still the original and still the best-located estate in the now thriving town of Ballincollig,” says Con Nagle of Global Properties, who is busy doing viewings on two three-bed semis here.

THERE’s value to be had for trader-uppers in Waterfall, Co Cork, where a big dormer, on a large site, is on offer at €475,000 through Global Properties.

LEFT nicely high, and relatively dry, in last weekend’s Cork flooding devastation was this Lee Valley home, at Castleinch – though it does have a grandstand view of the source of all of the recent problems.

HOT on the heels of next door’s sale comes the right-hand-side semi of Woodside, Healy’s Bridge.

WHAT land, what a setting. Normal price per acre valuations for land go out the house windows in the case of this property with 33 acres, and mixed appeal.

THE asking price on 19 Bridgewater might be €575,000, down from last year’s levels of c €630,000 for similar sales, but it is realistic for the current market.

Regulation in the property market is urgently needed to stop “cowboys” ripping off home buyers, it was claimed today.

OUT in the Lee valley, the views are the thing — rolling countryside and wide water makes for a very pleasant aspect. And because of this bucolic beauty, it’s a very desirable place to live, but planning restrictions make it only for the few.

GREAT Island in Cork, home to Cobh, Verolme, Rushbrooke and right around to East Ferry and Marlogue Woods, has witnessed many a ship launch.

HIGH up, and highly adaptable, is Culcarraig, a large architect-designed family home on Temple Hill, up the Lee River valley from Cork city at Carrigrohane.

HIGH up, and highly adaptable, is Culcarraig, a large architect-designed family home on Temple Hill, up the Lee River valley from Cork city at Carrigrohane.

CORK County Council has given the green light to a €400 million redevelopment of Ballincollig, the biggest planning permission ever granted by the local authority.

THE owners of the Cotswolds, at Carrigrohane between Ballincollig and Cork city, went the extra few square yards when it came to providing accommodation. In fact, it seems like they didn’t know when to stop.