Trading up: Waterfall, Cork €525,000

Sq m: 202 (2,180 sq ft)

Set on a corner site in the well-settled scheme Heatherfield, is No 12, a five-bed detached family home, built by Fleming Construction and featuring their steel frame and well-insulated panels in their construction.

The Waterfall development of c 60 homes, less than 10 minutes west of Curraheen and Bishopstown has always been popular with medics because of their CUH proximity, and families trading up out of more standard suburban fare also favour these large two-storey houses.

The vendors of No 12 have moved to the US since Christmas, and it’s for sale with Se•n McCarthy of ERA Downey McCarthy with a €525,000 asking price — pretty close to the most recent 2013 €530k sale in Heatherfield Crescent. Houses here launched back in 2004, priced in the high €500,000 and mid-600,000s when half of the 57 proposed sold off plans, and values rose close to the €1m mark by ’06/’07.

Mr McCarthy says No 12, towards the back of the scheme, is in immaculate order, with wide eaves for a rangy American home look externally, and inside are airy rooms, 10’ high ceilings in the family room off the kitchen, it has central vac, cobblelock drive and landscaped gardens plus patio, and two of its five beds are en suite.

VERDICT: Plenty of space for most families’ needs in this popular setting.