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.

A comfortable-looking split-level four-bed home on 1.2 acres of grounds, this property offer with Palmer Auctioneers is only a mile and a half from Faithlegg hotel and golf course, three miles from Waterford city and seven from Dunmore East.

Estate agent Warren Palmer in Waterford city guides at €350,000, and says "Millbrook Cross is one of a kind, in walk-in condition and the area’s very sought-after."

Rooms include a kitchen with Stanley range, maple units and dining area, a family room with fireplace, study/ playroom, open-plan sun room with vaulted ceiling, and four double bedrooms, with one en suite plus main family bathroom, with pull-down stairs to a floored and insulated attic fully floored.

VERDICT: No half measures at this Halfway House setting — and the gardens are a glory.