A semi in name: only garage joins houses

THOUGH semi-detached, these Kiltegan Lawn houses, in Cork, are joined only by their garages.

A design compromise when sites are tight, the layout means main reception rooms in the conjoined semis are not back-to-back. It all works a treat, unless the neighbour’s kids start a garage band, or convert garages to wreck-rooms/rec.rooms.

A new market arrival is number 43, Kiltegan Lawn, Rochestown, a right-hand semi with side access to the landscaped back garden.