Trading Up: Douglas, Cork €290,000

Sq m: 120 (1,290 sq ft)

The fourth bedroom, and detached house status, gives a buying edge to 6 Willsbrook, a house just shy of 1,300 sq ft up in Broadale, off Douglas’s Maryborough Hill.

For sale with auctioneer Jeremy Murphy, No 6 is in very good order, and has a solid fuel stove in its front sitting room, as well as a less common electric Solo ground level heater/cooler at kick-plate level in the kitchen, at the foot of a dresser-like built-in.

Mr Murphy guides at € 290,000, knowing the popularity of the Broadale area, and had No 6 under open viewing mid-week, and was busy with immediate interest shown.

It has gardens front and back, off-street parking for two cars as the lawns have been eaten into and slabbed, there’s a shed, Stira stairs to a floored attic and it also has zoned heating, with a pretty good B3 BER overall.

Floors downstairs are either tiled or in solid oak, and bedrooms above are all carpeted for noise reduction and extra comfort.

The back garden has a favourable south-west aspect, with sliding patio door access from the wood-floored dining area.

VERDICT: A sure-fired seller.