Ideal trading up home in lovely Blackrock

THE next best thing, or an even better thing? Let Menloe watchers decide.

Menloe Gardens off the Blackrock Road is one of Cork’s best residential addresses, with its mid-1900s ‘Domestic Revival’ detached and semi-detached houses always making fine strong sums (think 1 million upwards for the detacheds) when sold.

But, right next door to leafy, old worldy Menloe Gardens and its central green with spreading chestnut trees is another niche enclave, Menloe Park. Here, just five detached Tudor-style homes were built back on the grounds of a demolished cottage, back in the 1990s by builders Fitzgibbons.