House price rebound has been strong in Cork inner suburbs in the years since the slump, as home hunters seemingly favour city accessibility and commutability over youthful age, good BER’s, and techie trimmings.

Tommy Barker says ‘Glencree’ in mature suburban Browningstown has been tastefully — and thoroughly — renovated and upgraded.

House sales in a solid, though older, suburban estate like Browningstown in Douglas show the pace of house price inflation/recovery over the past five years.

On a great corner site in Cork’s Browningstown matrix of parks, this three-bed semi-d called Corbally is “your blank canvas, it’s waiting for someone to come in and make something special of it.”

Homes around Cork’s Ballinlough suburb have made a strong price recovery in the past several years.

ALREADY extended, but also dated and needing upgrades, is the four-bed semi-d, number 27, Browningstown Park East.

MY three boys walk from home to St Anthony’s boys’ national school in Ballinlough, Cork. Some days I accompany them if the weather is inclement. Unfortunately we spend a lot of time stepping off the pavement onto a busy road to avoid soiling our shoes with dog excrement.

THANKS to a couple of rear ground floor extensions, the semi-detached house Clondoyle now has a handy 1,400 sq ft of space – but the fact there are still only three bedrooms should keep its eventual purchase price fairly reasonable for its next occupants.

Tommy Barker says this semi-d has the right interior design looks.

PALMDALE cornered a local market niche as far back as the mid-1990s. This detached house was an early example of the wisdom of building on available corner garden sites.

SET up by the top of the Well Road in Cork city, close to Lovetts restaurant, the revamped Silver Quay bar and restaurant and Cork Constitution, slightly overlooking Mahon golf club and estuary is the three-bed semi Dooneen.

THE Dunne family, of Dunnes Stores fame, know a good pitch when they see it — and that’s way they put their eye on St Bronach’s corner site many moons ago.

OLD Douglas in Cork has a strong draw — the maturity of the houses, the proximity to good schools and the plethora of shops and other outlets makes it first choice for trader-uppers - first-time buyers are usually priced out here.