Derrylea has ‘best’ address for discerning buyer

THERE’ll be lots of peering over the fences to see what the previously-arrived and new-ish neighbours have done to extend and upgrade their Menloe Gardens trophy homes.

Be warned, though, from even a cursory glance at some house-sized extensions behind some recently upgraded homes, the bar has been set rather high.

Menloe Gardens is one of Cork’s ‘best’ addresses — and you have to say that with a bit of a twang if you want to get more irony than snobbery out of that line.