Light, bright and thoroughly modern

Tommy Barker

Located at Knockraha, four miles from Glanmire and a 15-minute spin northeast of Cork city, the single storey, split-level house was designed with its site’s southerly aspect in mind.

All the main living rooms are to the front, on the lower level, with light flooding into the lounge, dining room and kitchen, and there’s a long narrow conservatory or sun room added on to the southerly face as well.

The sleeping quarters are to the back of the house, taking in three bedrooms, one which is en suite bathroom.

A long central hall (with main bathroom at the very end) divides the sleeping and living areas, with steps connecting the split levels.

The 1,300 sq ft house has double glazing, oil heating, and is on a site of about a third of an acre, with car port, patio areas and stepped gardens.

Estate agent Valerie Parkes of Sherry FitzGerald quotes a guide price of E260,000 for Hareslade, the sort of figure a family trading up might make for a more rural setting.