Trading up: Monkstown, Cork €245,000

Sq m: 97 (1,050 sq ft)

A design weather-eye was kept out on the rebuilding of no 7, Glen Road, just up from the Sand Quay in Cork harbour’s Monkstown.

No 7 is an end-of-terrace home that was given a total makeover by its owner, who’s an architectural technician.