Double your money on second glance

A canny builder realised Clairelee’s potential writes, Tommy Barker

There’s twice the house you’d expect from first glimpses of Clairelee, a modern build on Trafalgar Hill in Cork city by the foot of Lovers Walk.

Its owner is a builder who came to view an older cottage on this great south-facing site in Tivoil, and he knew there and then he could do better. And, he has done so, over three levels.