Trading up: Ballingeary, Cork €299,500

Sq m: 280 (3,000 sq ft)

With a price guide just €500 shy of €300,000, there’s a generous 3,000 sq ft of family home on offer at this Augeris, Ballingeary, home in mid-west Cork.

Called Nead na Spidoige, the large family home with a very high quality and stylish interior is on the market with Killian Lynch in Macroom about a 20-minute spin away.

He says it was only built in 2008, and is very well-finished and specified, with a decent B3 BER energy rating.

It’s on an acre and a half, on an elevated rural site with views of valley and wooded hills, and has an nice, open and airy feel inside, with some strong accent colours and deft decor, as well as having three of its four beds en suite.

In addition to the main house, there’s a lofted, detached garage.

Meanwhile, on a slightly smaller scale, Mr Lynch also has a five-bed of 2,100 sq ft on a 0.75 acre site, with similar B3 BER, at Banwmore, four miles north of Macroom. He seeks offers around €245,000 for the well-finished Rockfield House.

VERDICT: You get detached houses, space and ground for your money out Macroom way.