All the convenience of city living with a country feel

THE SITE’S the thing here: high up on the north-east of Cork city and with views for miles, this 1.2 acre property at Laherdane, White’s Cross, has great gardens.

Occasional placement of upright sleepers and a row of tree trunks obscure unsightly bins and tanks in the garden. In the late autumn, green fields run on for miles in the distance, while at night city lights flicker through interlocking hills below this high ground.

In a small clutch of large houses, this bungalow is being sold by its builders who are moving onto bigger and better things.