Trading Up: Barleycove, Cork, €185,000/€249,000

Sq m: 900 (1,300 sq ft)

There’s a touch of Upstairs Downstairs — and a €64,000 price difference - after end-of-summer price cuts in two apartments overlooking West Cork’s beautiful Barleycove beach, near the Mizen Head.

Agent Andy Donoghue of Hodnett Forde has two modern apartments on his books here by the hotel and holiday-home villas, one a ground floor unit of 900 sq ft, which comes with twobedrooms and is guided at €185,000. It’s No 10, and has sea and beach views over buildings from its front 17’ by 13’ living room, which has a stone surround fireplace; otherwise there’s electric storage heating.