Trading up: Rochestown, Cork €320,000

Sq m: 157 (1,700 sq ft)

There’s 1,700 sq ft of space to play around with in this split-level home at 25 Rochestown Rise in Cork. In its current layout it could especially suit buyers with different generations wanting to live under the one roof, each with a measure of independence, as it has two kitchens, and an easily divided floor plan.

However, for more traditional family living, just take out one kitchen and change rooms to whatever use you want — the options are all there.

The single-storey property, with just a few steps in an internal divide, is new to market with agent Michael O’Donovan of Sherry FitzGerald, who guides at €320,000, and who says the location is very sought after, within a walk of Douglas village, and 100m or so from the ring road access points.

There are good living rooms with garden and estuary views, as well as one shared ‘Jack and Jill’ en suite serving two bedrooms, a main bathroom and a guest WC by a garage so more future space options are here as well.

Two shower rooms have recently been upgraded, as has one of the kitchens, and the grounds to the back overlook the Douglas estuary, looking back towards the city with shrubbed boundaries.

VERDICT: Easily adaptable and accommodating space in a long-settled location.