Cabo de Vela, a four-bed semi, is on the market for 560,000.

THE passing of time — a half-century or so — has done no disservice to Cabo de Vela, a Douglas semi with a lot in its favour.

Its part-brick front facade has mellowed beautifully, there’s a nice bit of limestone in the arch over the entrance door, and to the back, the south-facing gardens and settled views are nicely bedded down. All the sort of thing you just can’t get with a new buy.

And you won’t get a location like it too easily either, right on the main Douglas Road in Cork city. There’s even additional parking behind the property, with pedestrian access from a cul-de-sac by the Cross Douglas Road.