Trading up: Faithlegg, Waterford €350,000

Sq m: 167 (1,800 sq ft)

Luscious lawns, undulating around this updated and extended 1940s cottage and dotted by some specimen shrubs with a feature pond, are a key feature of this Faithlegg, Co Waterford family home.

Called Millbrook Cross, and located at a spot called Halfway House, this is a late 1990s update on a home that was already 50 years old when taken in hand and has now grown to 1,800 sq ft.