Dip your toes in the water from the back garden of this riverside beauty

YOU could buy 11, Wesley in Carrigaline and be quite happy in it — or lash extra money into it knowing there’ll always be a return on it given its waterfront setting.

Set off Church Road in Carrigaline, eight miles from Cork city, the 1,600 sq ft house is in a cul de sac development of red-brick homes built about 20 years ago.

Perfectly acceptable as the house is, the one-third of an acre site could encourage new owners to invest and extend, given the premium on waterfront sites and the shortage of them in Carrigaline: a short distance down the road, Bride View Developments have built six very large houses the last of which sold at c €850,000.