Trading up: FARNOGE, KILKENNY €279,000

BUILT in the 1980s, and almost doubled in size when upgraded four or five years ago, this Co Kilkenny bungalow home has a good balance of living space for those who don’t need loads of bedrooms.

It manages to fit in three reception rooms, notes David Gough of Ennis Gough in adjacent county Waterford and who has a sole agency on the new-to-market arrival at Farnoge, near Mullinavat.

The well-finished home, rewired, replumbed and generally upgraded,