Niche place to move in

HALF of Cork has watched them being built, in defiance of the economic and housing downturn, tucked into a tight site on Cork’s Rochestown Road.

Now, the first four Edwardian-style houses at Ashley are launched, priced at €1.3 million and even better than glimpses might have suggested.

For those peering in over the fence by the Rochestown roundabout in the past year and reckoning the sites are just too tiny, the news is that from the inside (looking out and up), the sites seem fine and handy, a bit of a conjuring trick in effect.