There’s a useful, extra-sized front drive up to the immaculate bungalow home at 14 Amberley, in Cork’s Grange suburbs above Douglas — there’s enough parking here for a fleet of cars, or a bus.

Tommy Barker hears this Mount Elma property on the back of Donnybrook’s hills in Cork is ‘going to fly’.

‘This’ll do us fine.’ You can imagine many viewers with that quip at this three-bed semi-d called Thistle Dún, especially after they survey the sheer size of the back garden. 

 

Although it’s only 750 sq ft, No 97, Rowan Hill is a comfy pad, and easy to buy and to keep for a single person or a couple. 

If the €650,000 asking price on 25 Limeworth is out of many family-buying budgets, agents Sherry FitzGerald have another three-storey local offer for exactly half the price - a four-bed mid-terraced home at 35 Leslies Arch, guiding €325,000.

A cheery, warm yellow wall colour sets off the stone gable facade and low sun room walls at Kenby, a large five-bed family home on over an acre, about a 15 minute commute from Cork city’s suburbs.

The benefits of being mid-terraced are less heat loss through walls, and you probably get the same floor area as a semi-d or end of terrace home, but for less money.

Killumney, Ballincollig €560,000

Size: 184 sq m (1,980 sq ft)

Sq m: Sq m 80 (860 sq ft)

No 1 Westway is going to be easy to maintain, and the gardens are fringed by high walls for privacy. Tommy Barker takes a look at this modern cottage at Grange Manor, Ovens.

Sq m:70 (760 sq ft)