Trading up: Blackrock, Cork €395,000

Sq m: 167 (1,800 sq ft)

Despite carrying a €395,000 asking price, virtually all of the first few dozen inquiries about 2 Sandy Lawn in Cork’s Blackrock have been from first-time buyers, reveals estate agent Glen O’Connor of DNG Michael Creedon.

This 1,800 sq ft detached four-bed home, with two en suites, is one of just seven houses in Sandy Lawn, a small scheme by O’Brien and O’Flynn who did the larger Sandy Lane development also nearby, along Castle Road and near Blackrock Castle too.