Ashburton on the double, both in ship shape condition

WHAT price an extra two bedrooms? About €55,000, going on two different house offerings above Cork city’s St Luke’s Cross at Gardiner’s Hill.

Diminutive, but nicely different, is the one-bed slender townhouse at 10 Ashburton Row, rather optimistically described as “elegantly proportioned” by its selling agents Savills who seek offers around €250,000.

In fact, there’s about 500 sq ft of space in all, with its one 13’ by 8’ bedroom up at a mezzanine level, overlooking the main interlinked 13’ by 18’ living/kitchen/dining room, with units in oak, and with a Belfast sink. The front living room has an open fireplace, which should pretty much heat the entire home (though there’s also gas central heating), and off the back is a rear hall and shower room. Outside, there’s a shed, yard and raised garden with decking. Within an easy downhill walk to the city centre in a sort of boho-chic setting, it has privacy and quirky charm, says Savills.