Trading up: Glanmire, Co Cork €210,000

Sq m: 97 (1,050 sq ft)

There’s pots of old-world character with No 2, The Stables, a mews-type home conversion on Church Hill Road, in Cork’s Glanmire.

Converted, extended and upgraded to a good level, it features attractive natural materials like stone, brick and timber, feels airy inside as rooms have been opened up and has low-maintenance grounds, patio and off-road parking. Estate agent Ann O’Mahony of Sherry FitzGerald guides at €220,000 (it had been with another agent after Christmas, with a higher price tag), and that’s for a three-bed with soul, extended out to the back for a warm kitchen wing overlooking a south-facing stepped back garden.