House of the week

The owners of this quality Blackhill dormer have made the most of its interiors, and of its lush country gardens too.

And now, they’re upping sticks, making a lifestyle downsizing move further out the road towards Kinsale and the sea.

Having bought this 2,500 sq ft home on a quarter acre above Five Mile Bridge, south of Cork city off the Kinsale road, they really did a serious upgrade job around 2004, says estate agent Suzanne Tyrrell of Cohalan Downing, marketing the convenient country property at €450,000.