Trading up: Model Farm Road, Cork €325,000

COMING under swift viewings and early offers too is No 26, also called Koran, on Highfield Lawn off the Model Farm Road in Cork city.

The extended three-bed semi, in this great location near the back of CUH and near schools like St Catherine’s and Mount Mercy as well as sports clubs and pitches, is proving a bit of a box ticker for families, says auctioneer John Barry of Keane Mahony Smith.

Within three weeks of hitting the market he’s had lots of viewings, two bidders, an engineer’s survey, and the feedback is uniformly good, he notes. “Families want to make it their home, because of its location, size, garden, condition and convenience to all amenities,” Barry summarises.

The west-facing back garden is 100’, with lots of decking.

There’s a rear second living room which floods with light, and the kitchen was opened to the dining room as well during re-modelling about eight years ago.

Then, having double doors separate the front reception and the dining room behind ensures the ground level really does get light into every part through the day.

VERDICT: near schools, colleges like CIT and UCC, and employment bases, No 26 promises family living for all ages, with the minimum of commutes.