Homebuyers sleep outside Cork City development to buy first 30 of 193 houses going on sale

One man, who arrived at 2pm on Thursday to claim first spot in the queue, said it’s what has to be done to avoid a bidding war on second-hand homes

Queue for the viewing of the new housing estate Bayly in Douglas which opens on Saturday. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

People are sleeping in their cars outside a new €200m-plus residential development in Cork City to be first in line for its first new private homes which are being launched for sale this weekend.

One man, who arrived at 2pm on Thursday and claimed first spot in the queue outside the Bayly development on the hills overlooking Douglas, said it’s what has to be done to avoid a bidding war on second-hand homes.