Spacious home for €395,000

BACK during the Celtic Tiger era, family homes swelled hugely in size, becoming as bloated as the tiger economy itself – some rising to 4,000 sq ft, 6,000 sq ft and sometimes even larger.

But, for most family uses, a round 2,000 sq ft is a good, adaptable size – big enough, without being too big: it works, and there’s no unused rooms, caverns and hard to heat spaces.

Weighing in at that sort of sustainable size (but looking larger than its 2,000 sq ft thanks to its wide front facade) is the four-bed detached house at 9 Glyntown Road, in Cork’s hilly Glanmire.