Stunning Hayfield is top of the crop

IS No 25 Hayfield the pick of the crop? There probably isn’t a bad house in this 2004 up-market Cork suburban development, but in the sliding scale of best sites and sizes, it certainly comes out near the top.

The owners of No 25 know their houses – as well they might, given this is about the tenth family home they’ve had.

Knowing the score, and knowing what works best in a house layout, meant the owners here adapted the original floor-plan when they bought here off the Model Farm Road on Day One. It isn’t hugely tweaked, but there’s a clear logic to it, and better-heeled viewers passing through now will appreciate the adaptations.