Bigger size means added value for desirable Carrigaline semi-d

MORE for your money. Not so long ago €345,000 would have got you a fairly standard three-bed semi-d in Co Cork’s Carrigaline commuter town.

Now, that sort of sum will get you a four-bed semi-d on what is the house equivalent of body-building steroids – complete with air-conditioning throughout.

Stand up No 11 Ferndale, a hugely altered take on the original McInerney builders plan.