€1m home is as good as gold

THE name Klondyke is probably appropriate for this four-bed detached Cork home - it is on a “golden mile” rural stretch in an area between Douglas, Monkstown and Carrigaline.

Ballyorban is home to a collection of large, one-off homes, several now in the multi-million euro price league. It’s country, but convenient, about five minutes’ spin from Cork’s south link road, with the harbour area as close in the other direction.

Klondyke is part of this gold rush to detached houses on large-ish sites, with just enough ground here, 1.3 acres, to keep a pony or two.