Trading up: Midleton, Co Cork €250,000

Sq m: 155 (1,670 sq ft)

It could truthfully be said Castlerock estate houses built by Castlelands Construction towards the end of the boom were some of the best specified houses in Cork county.

The four bed, three-storey type, one of which CCM Auctioneers, Midleton, are offering for sale, was very impressive of its type. Extras like limestone sills and facings, underfloor and zoned heating systems, high quality joinery and ironmongery and kitchen fittings and a generosity of space were the hallmarks of builder John Barry’s style.