Trading up: Douglas, Cork €385,000

Sq m: 115 (1.240 sq ft)

Houses in Cork’s Ballincurrig Park, off the main Douglas Road always sell well: last year, three semis in varying conditions sold for €250k, €350k and €452k a piece.

At market peak, they sailed into the €600s, even those needing work, and when this semi-d d called Gartan was last offered for sale back in 2007, it carried hopes of a €680,000 sale.