Trading up: Lehenaghbeg, Cork €385,000

Sq m: 150 (1,615 sq ft)

There’s a very decent spread of rooms in No 7, Manor Crescent in Cork’s Lehenabeg suburb, elevated above Wilton and Togher, yet within easy reach of the south ring road and the airport hill.

A modern home in the Manor Farm scheme, on the side of the airport hill and built by Ruden Homes, it’s a five-bed that seems to get a lot of rooms in for its size of just over 1,600 sq ft.

For instance, it has five bedrooms, with two en suite bathrooms (with pumped showers) upstairs, while downstairs there are two reception rooms, one of which is 19’ by 11’ thanks to a window bay, a study, a kitchen/ diner, utility, and guest WC.

And, it’s all in tip-top order, says selling agent Jeremy Murphy, who guides No 7 at €385,000 and who adds that the outside is almost as well finished as the inside, with Tobermore paving front and back, teak side gates and a professionally landscaped back garden. In front, there’s parking for up to three cars, and small lawn strips, while the house is in a cul de sac, by a green.

“It’s an ideal trader-up home, in immaculate order and is a credit to its owners,” comments Mr Murphy.

VERDICT: A walk- in job, and lots of space and rooms for a growing family.