Trading up: Glounthaune, Cork €350,000

Sq m: 185 (2,000 sq ft)

High-up views over Cork harbour come with this bungalow at 2 Thornberry, on Windsor Hill, up beyond the Cois Chuain development in Cork’s Glounthaune.

A short enough drive, or commuter train ride, east of the city, this is a 2,000 sq ft 1970s era bungalow, not extended but kept up to speed decoratively by its owners. Selling agent Michael O’Donovan of Sherry FitzGerald in Cork city says there’s strong demand for such homes in the area, and guides at