Spacious home has plenty of room for expansion

GO NORTH, young buyer, go north — and take the train, while you’re at it.

And why? Because in that inimitable phrase of economists, you get more bang for your bucks.

Take for instance, this property at Clover Hill, Firville in the Mallow. Two minutes from town and built just two years ago, this is a big, house with a big site, in great condition, for €440,000.

The property has 1,800 square feet on the ground floor, but there’s another 900 sq ft in the attic to be developed. And then you’ve got marble bathrooms, solid maple and oak floors, power showers and three out of four bedrooms ensuite.

On the racecourse road, Clover Hill has three-quarters of an acre of ground and the house is not overlooked.

It has the required sweeping driveway from the road and spectacular views over Mallow Castle and landscape-painter woodland.

Steven Shine of Countrywide Homes is the selling agent for this property.