Trading up: Glyntown, Glanmire €399,000

Sq m: 177 (1,900 sq ft)

In need of a just a little freshening up, is this large family home at 16, Chestnut Meadows, near Glanmire in Cork’s Glyntown.

The two-storey home on a good site has four first-floor bedrooms, another bedroom at ground level beside a bathroom, while the entire 32‘ wide attic has been floored out with slabbed ceilings, and stair access: estate agents Property Partners Matt Fallon call it a “giant playroom”.