Trading up: Conakilty, West Cork €295,000

Sq m: 168 (1,800 sq ft)

"Close to everything, but far from ordinary" is the description given to 13 Wayside Drive, a four-bed detached in West Cork’s Clonakilty.

A 10-minute walk from the town centre, and near Dunnes Stores, the new Gaelscoil and the impending new Clonakilty Black Pudding visitor centre, this Wayside home’s in a no-through road setting, by a green with a mix of other large detached homes, and even has a fish pond with its feature rear patio garden.

Local Clonakilty auctioneer Martin Kelleher guides just under the €300k level and so can expect good family/trading up interest at this sort of sum.

For that, new owners will get a four bed with one en suite, two reception rooms with stove in one, kitchen/dining with oak units and double aspect with utility and guest WC, all on good, well-kept grounds with a detached garage 18’ by 15’.

The house is bright and very well kept, says Mr Kelleher, with a south west facing garden and sun deck off the living room. extra touches include central vacuum, and enough space in the hall under the stairs for a home office or lots of storage. The owner has been here since the house was built in 1997, and is downsizing just 100 yards away as the location’s just so handy.

VERDICT: A spacious home for the long-term in a quiet Clon town setting.