Think big and buy the 4,900 sq ft Faoi Rún

BIG. The family home, Faoi Rún, on a hill fringing Cork city, at Lehenaghmore, is a 4,900 sq ft house, with up to seven bedrooms, and a price of €650,000 with selling agent, Denis A Barrett.

Built in the last decade, the stone-faced dormer bungalow is a short drive from Wilton and Togher, on the city’s southern suburbs, with the Airport Hill rising up beyond.

Mr Barrett says it has great master bedrooms, and great living space, as well, for families looking to trade up from smaller homes in the well-populated vicinity; several hundred new homes have been built further up the hill in the past five years alone, and those looking for a one-off could be tempted.