Trading up: Douglas, Cork, €275,000

Sq m: 140

There’s almost a farmhouse look to the South Douglas Road house Rathmore Ville. It’s almost 100 years old, and has been in the same family for decades.

Now, though, the two-storey 1,500 sq ft house (converted at one stage to two self-contained one-bed units, one per floor) comes for sale on a decent-sized corner site, brimming with further possibilities.