Trading up: Douglas, Cork €535,000

Sq m: 178 (1,916 sq ft)

Schools are right on the doorstep of Soubirous, a large detached early 1960s-built family home in Cork’s Endsleigh.

Set just off the main Douglas Road, by Regina Mundi girls secondary school, is this market-friendly five-bed, with just shy of 2,000 sq ft within, and scope to go even larger thanks to it site, and aspect.

But, it’s clearly accommodating as it stands, having reared a large family, all of whom have grown and moved.

Agent Ian Lyons of Savills guides the decent detached at €535,000, and the last semi here sold for about €350,000, and market arrivals here are uncommon. Given the pent-up demand here in ‘inner Douglas,’ Mr Lyons is confident of heavy viewings.

It’s set at the back of the estate block, away from the school which can congest traffic/parking (plans for a classroom extension were rejected in 2013), and Soubirous has a westerly aspect to the back, and mature private grounds.

There’s good ground floor space, the largest drawing room is towards the back, at over 20’ by 14,’ and the kitchen/dining’s also a decent size.

It’s had a first floor bedrooms extension over the garage.

VERDICT: A fine solid home, it’s dated but won’t necessarily swallow huge extra cash sums.