At its first showing on Monday this detached house at 70 Primrose Hill in Tower and near Blarney got an offer of €5,000 in excess of the asking price of €195,000.

This extended home hit the market, and these property pages, in the first week of January, and was quickly under offer: then, it went ‘Sale Agreed’ just a month or two afterwards, as the primroses did, indeed return in spring to Primrose Hill in Tower, near Blarney.

Tower, Co Cork

Waterloo, Blarney, Cork €395,000

This detached house near Blarney will need work, says Rose Martin but is a walk to Blarney.

Price: € 375,000

BLARNEY, CORK €295,000

It’s little wonder Blarney auctioneer Humphrey Hogan bills this quite classic shaped Courtbrack bungalow as “very entertaining’ — one of the two large outbuildings behind is done up as a home snub or bar, plus outdoor BBQ and log fire spot.

BLARNEY, CORK €325,000

WHAT do you do when everything’s done? Start again. And that’s what the couple at Killeens, Co Cork are hoping will happen following the sale of their house at No 1 The Heights.

FIFTEEN minutes drive from Blarney in Co Cork and a half hour’s commute to the city centre, this country bungalow offers a trading up opportunity for families keen on space and fresh air.

THERE is good value – even bargains to be had in the property market at the moment, but with strings attached.

HOUSES on a third of an acre in the middle of Tower don’t come up very often.

WHEN these large, detached houses near Blarney, in Co Cork, were completed, all of the units were sold off the plans, so there was no need for marketing.