On the up and up in the leafy suburbs of the city

IT is a funny old market, when buyers are prepared to pay more for less, but that’s what happens sometimes at the e1 million and more mark.

Cases in point are the two last new houses to be built and sold at Abbottswood Downs, in Rochestown, Cork, borrowing their abbott reference from the proximity to the Capuchin order’s Rochestown College.

The two final detached homes have accommodation on three levels, giving them up to 3,000 sq ft of living space and scope for up to six bedrooms, though some buyers will reconfigure for more living space.