House of the week: Model Farm Road, Cork €565,000

Size: 190 sq m (2,045 sq ft)

IT’S hard not to speculate about the amount of medical consultants that will throw an appreciative eye over Coolmaine — it’s just the sort of house this strong buying cohort favours, in a location that will suit them right down to the ground.

Of course, there’ll be others from different trading-up backgrounds also lining up to view this five-bed detached home; the location is just so convenient for families with school-going, and especially college-going, offspring. It’s on the city end of the Model Farm Road, opposite Farranlea Park and the Rendezvous bar, which puts it within a walk of colleges at UCC and CIT; also immediately walkable are the Bon Secours hospital, and the sprawling CUH/maternity hospital campus, which is almost on the backdoor of Coolmaine via the Bishopstown Avenue entrance.