Trading up: Ballincollig, Cork €430,000

Sq m: 232 (2,500 sq ft)

The address is 30 The Meadows, but its garden might well be the sale clincher. This detached 2,500 sq ft five-bed Cork home at Classes Lake, just west of Ballincollig, may well find a new owner who’ll be swayed by its very good back gardens, improving with each passing summer.

Auctioneer Norma Healy of Sherry FitzGerald guides the family home at €430,000, and says it’s on a lovely sunny landscaped and screened site, with BBQ, patio and more. It has three reception rooms, and kitchen/dining with utility and garden access.