Trading up: Beumont, Cork City €325,000

Sq m: 97 (1,050 sq ft)

When the spread of semi-detached houses was being laid out in Cork’s suburban Beaumont, there was agenerous hand with gardens — and No 62 Beaumont Drive is a good example of this munificence.

The three-bed home, in a good but relatively original state, weighs in at just about 1,050 sq ft, but its back garden is 150’ long — good for soccer, tennis or a more genteel game of croquet, perhaps?

A number of these 1950s and 1960s homes have been given generous extensions and makeover in the past decade given the sheer convenience and services of this suburb and No 62 is a prime candidate for making into a far larger home.

Agent Brian Olden of Cohalan Downing guides at €325,000, noting it can be added to on the side as well as the back and says current overall condition is excellent.

Backing on to the more modern Willowbank estate, facing leafy Linden Avenue and near a public park amenity, it’s got a traditional layout.

There are two reception rooms, one front, one back, a compact kitchen with modern units, and overhead are three beds and a bathroom.

VERDICT: Loads of garden space. They don’t give this much ground anymore with modern builds.