Former home of artist Gladys Leach has great gardens and access to a virtually private park, finds Tommy Barker.

Cork’s Mahon/Skehard suburb will soon have a new, €50m office development, in six blocks, — but, meanwhile, a smaller, 3,000 sq ft space is to let at Bridge House, Skehard Road, via estate agent Rob Coughlan, of Cohalan Downing.

AS Nama this week brings 588 apartments for sale for €116 million in Dublin, aimed at REITS and overseas investment groups, offers on a smaller scale of apartment blocks maybe of more interest to private buyers conscious of the end of year expiry date of the CGT exemption for investments held for seven years.

UNEXPECTED views come with 19 Park Hill — the end of this suburban semi-d’s garden looks out over Douglas estuary, Mahon Golf Club, the south ring road and Rochestown. And, sensibly the owners, who are moving on with a growing family, built a feature pergola at the gardens’ end from which to enjoy water views.