House of the week

Slow but steady progress over nearly five years has seen the extended family semi-d Carrigavon really come into its own — to the benefit now of next owners, as it unexpectedly comes to market.

An impressive looking, double-fronted semi-d right on the buzzy edge of Douglas village in Cork, this mid-1900s home has just been brought right up to speed. Pristine, and brand new to market with estate agent Timothy Sullivan, it’s priced at €460,000 - which is about the sum paid for it in the mid-2000s before hundreds of thousands of euros, and thousands of man hours were lavished on it.

It’s a walk-in job in every meaning of the word, with Douglas’s myriad amenities literally on the doorstep: it’s just 100 metres from the main shopping centre.