Trading up: Glanmire, Cork, €320,000

Sq m: 140 (1,500 sq ft)

There are lots and lots of modern, new-builds in and around Cork’s Glanmire but detached ones dating back a century or even two are few and far between.

Thus, there should be a spread of interest in the fully reworked Rose Cottage, a south-facing 1,500 sq ft four-bed home on Church Hill which has had a sympathetic extension, full refurb and decoration, without losing sight of the fact it dates to the early 1800s, when it was built as part of the Glenkeen Estate.