Trading up: Tivoli, Cork €385,000

Sq m: 173 (1,870 sq ft)

Concerts and sporting dramas have come gratis to the residents of 14, Tivoli Estate, with the blustery name of Windy Heights.

Set above the River Lee just east of Cork City, houses in the Tivoli Estate overlook the Marina and especially Páirc Ui Chaoimh, the GAA stadium which is now due a renaissance.

The houses here have also benefited from free concerts every summer when Live at the Marquee rolls into town, and this year, its tenth year, there’s six weeks of gigs down by the Marina, with sounds wafting up the hills, to listening ears at Windy Heights.

Live at the Marquee may fade when Cork finally gets a long-awaited events centre, but a revamped GAA stadium might bring the biggest acts... Bruce Springsteen was a summer stadium stormer back in 2013.

Five-bed Windy Heights has a sunny, southerly aspect, well-kept tiered garden and lots of older-style charm, along with a €385,000 asking price via Sherry FitzGerald’s Ann O’Mahony.

It has two bright reception rooms, south-facing with views, an older-style kitchen, adjoining utility, and a guest loo all at ground level.

Upstairs are five bedrooms, or four plus study, and main bathroom.

There’s a garage attached to the house, and built up over it, with conversion potential.

VERDICT: One of the gems, with great gardens, on the city’s northern hills.