It’s written in stone that this bungalow’s in the right location

THERE’S a touch of the famine folly wall to this house at Ballyleigh, in Waterfall in Cork - its large back gardens have a long run of cut stone walls as a boundary, as well as stone patios and terraces, with evidence of months of work for masons.

The c1970s bungalow is four miles from Ballincollig and will appeal to traders-up who can’t get a site west of the city to build on for love, money or cajoling of the planners.

It has a price guide of just under €400,000 and about 1,700 sq ft of space: by contrast, estate agent Barry Nagle of Global Properties says those selling four-bed semis in Ballincollig could expect to get around €260,000 for their own homes, or €210,000 for a three-bed, making the trade-up leap even larger.