Court Cairn sets benchmark

THERE are plump, one-foot-long Koi fish in the water feature pond at the back of 10 Court Cairn – might this house sale also be as easy as shooting fish in a barrel?

There’s only a couple of dozen of these solid five-bed detached houses in the low-key, but development, ranging upwards from 2,400 sq ft – and only four have come up as re-sales.

At a time of huge scarcity of good trading up homes in Cork’s western suburbs, frustrated buyers (yes, such a breed exists) can be expected to form an orderly queue. In fact, the vendor has already had private approaches, and notes in the door saying ‘hear you were thinking of selling.’