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”.

Mr Fallon seeks offers at €399,000 in this popular scheme, a mix of semis and detacheds. No 2 is showing up on the Price Register as having made €330,000 earlier this year.

Apart from its huge attic space up top, No 16 Chestnut Meadows has three reception rooms, all with fireplaces, a kitchen/dining room, utility with boiler and adjacent guest WC.

Upstairs, one of the four bedrooms has its own access to the main family bathroom as a sort of en suite option. It also has a large wardrobe, described as ‘walk in’, with mirrored sliding doors. Two of the other four bedrooms have their own separate en suites.

VERDICT: Loads and loads of space.