Trading up: Rosscarbery, Cork €170,000

Sq m: 93 (1,000sq ft)

In a top setting at the bottom of the hill by Rosscarbery village is 24 Convent Road — an immaculate 1950s semi-d, overlooking the Lagoon amenity and playground.

Estate agent John Hodnett of Clonakilty-based Hodnett Forde guides the bright, superbly-set home at €170,000, and says it’s ideal as a trading down, retirement base or holiday home.

It has two overhead bedrooms with bathroom, and the option of a third bedroom or a third reception at ground level. No 24 is just a few minutes’ walk from Ross’s centre, and has gardens front, back and side.

VERDICT: Life by a lagoon, how bad?