House of the week

What with the bird song, and the tolling of a nearby church bell as the solitary background sounds, you could well be in the midst of the countryside at this dormer bungalow called Cluthar.

Instead, you’re in the heart of Blackrock ‘village,’ in one of Cork city’s settled suburbs, with privacy galore. An unusual house type for the area, the detached 1,400 sq ft family home is a new market arrival with estate agent Brian Olden of Cohalan Downing, who can be sure of a wide cross-section of viewers checking out this rare product.

He’s mostly going to get trading-down interest it seems, but there’ll be competition from better-off first-time buyers, couples and small families who are going to have the location pretty much up on a property pedestal.