Trading up: Ballard, Cobh €360,000

Sq m: 149 (1,600 sq ft)

It’s going to be all go over the next few months in the distant vistas from this Ballard, Cork home — it has views back to Fota Island, which is set to host golf ’s Irish Open once later this summer, thanks to new ownership at the Fota Resort.

The views from the 1,600 sq ft home include much of wooded Fota, and lots of the estuary at the back of Great Island, says estate agent Johanna Murphy, who guides this property at €360,000