Rydal high in the upper end of the property market

There are plenty of strokes left in the Irish property market, but the house Rydal pulls some of the best — a cracking Cork location, detached house status, and enough room in its grounds for a Big Brother-like pool.

The mid-1900s four-bed home of around 2,000 sq ft is on the main Blackrock Road, at the city end: ‘nuff said for many, but it will take bids, if not votes, over the e1.2 million guide price mark to ‘evict’ the vendors.

Selling agent is Jarlath Boyd of Hamilton Osborne King, who admits there’ll be huge interest in this prospective purchase, particularly given the €1.8 million or so that HOK secured this summer in selling a larger, newer house nearby in the Lindville development of Victorian-styled homes.