Trading up: Skehard Road, Cork €220,000

Sq m: 92.9 (1000 sq ft)

It has a Scottish name, but Braemar is very firmly set in Cork’s southside.

Close to the SuperValu on the Skehard Road and St Michael’s Credit Union, this home is set in a quiet and mature close off the main suburban Mahon route, at 61, Clover Hill Estate. That makes it very handy for the massive employment node at Mahon Point and Douglas areas and it’s a very accessible location for all points east and west as it’s near the tunnel and South Ring.

It’s also in one of the most popular addresses in the city with high demand, so the guide price of €220,000 should bring in first-time buyers as well as traderuppers. Also, No 61 is detached, with lovely gardens, to the front and back and with plenty of room for an extension. A Dutch bungalow, it comes in good, vacant condition and includes a modern alder kitchen and good flooring in a breakdown that includes a kitchen, living room, lounge and three bedrooms as well as a family bathroom. Matt Fallon of Property Partners Matt Fallon is handling the sale and there’s been good interest, but he only started viewings last Wednesday and expects offers to follow through shortly.

VERDICT: The house is simple and cute and would respond well to a contemporary upgrade, with more room perhaps, but it’s quite nice, thank you, as it is.