Trading up: Blackrock, Cork €239,000

Size: Sq m 140 (1,500 sq ft)

THERE’S more house than you’d expect beyond the front door of 7 Libertas Villas — this attractive Blackrock village home goes up, and out the back, to score well on the accommodation front.

No 7’s fresh on the spring market for its vendors who are looking to trade up, and it has all the signs of an engaging and warm family home, full of books, and play spaces, photos and music and colourful bedrooms, as well as garden games.