€1m-plus will buy you spacious Mount Oval property

FAMOUSLY described as ‘utterly butterly’, the yellow-hued, Mount Oval Village, on the south side of Cork city, is almost complete, nearly 10 years after the scheme started.

This type of integrated development was a new concept when O’Flynn Construction went for planning in 1998. But it fitted neatly into the sustainable community ideal beloved of planners, which saw the high density, 850-house development go through without a scrape.

Located in Upper Rochestown, it centres round a shopping precinct which includes a large creche, a number of shops, a convenience store and pub/restaurant.