Spring forth to Montenotte

WITH mobility now creeping into the lower end of the property market as first-time buyers increasingly get active (and are getting mortgages), it may be time for those selling their own trading-up homes to also hope for a positive knock-on effect.

And, with a clear appeal to families needing more space, and looking for a damn good house, in a fine location, how about the mellow 24 Springfort Crescent, in Cork’s Montenotte?

This four-bed home hit the market, and rather briefly these pages, in mid-November, but although viewers to date have loved it, most have been first-time buyers with greater ambition than their funds might allow them to realise.