Trading up: Cork city - €325,000

IMMACULATE gardens facing south on to the grounds of the Cork University Hospital are an attribute of Notre Dame, a fine-boned four-bed semi-d in Cork city’s western suburbs.

The Laburnum Park family home has gardens which have been professionally kept, and it shows, while the location is in strong demand all the time, says auctioneer Michael O’Donoghue of O’Donoghue Clarke who guides this home at €325,000.

Notre Dame, aka No 15, has been extended a bit towards the rear, and also links into the attached garage, so there’s easy scope to enlarge it at ground level alone, or to perhaps build further out the side and back as time and funds permit. There’s already a good sized dining room and kitchen/diner, plus four overhead bedrooms, and some of the windows have been replaced with PVC double glazing, while central heating is gas-fired.