Trading up: Bishopstown, Cork

It was going to be all action, on all fronts, around Mount Ibane, a family home just at the start of the main Bandon and West Cork route on the edge of Cork’s Bishopstown, Then, the gas went out of the development balloon, and all’s back as it was — if not even quieter.

This Ardarostig home is just past Dunnes Stores, where the new flyover has brought welcome traffic relief for this route, as well as to the Macroom/ N22.

And at one stage, there were major development plans for this hinterland, to include hospitals, restaurants and more.

Instead, a low development ebb means the area around Mount Ibane is likely to remain as is, and when any activity picks up, well, the three-quarters of an acre with this 2,700 sq ft four-bed will always lend it a bit of an edge.

At one stage, there was planning for a second dwelling on this house’s own grounds, but that has lapsed a good while, and viewers now will first and foremost look at updating this twostorey house as a family home.

It carries a €400,000 AMV with Mark Gosling of Jeremy Murphy & Associates, and while it’s dated, it’s in good order overall.

VERDICT: Sizeable, and a good site, on city’s edge.