Trading up: Glanmire, Cork €550,000

Sq m: 217 (2,340 sq ft)

Up towards the top of the Glenrichmond development in Cork’s Glanmire is this four-bed trading-up family home situated on very nice gardens, with a suitably upper-level €550,000 asking price via Sherry FitzGerald.

Built by Bride View Homes about 15 years ago, No 1 Upper Glenrichmond is a dormer style home on a sloping site, with interior stepped levels, and a good mix of living rooms, as well as a detached garage and two out of its four bedrooms with en suites. “There’s lovely wooded Glanmire valley views from No 1,” says auctioneer Ann O’Mahony, adding that the two-storey house and its gardens have been very well kept, and need little work done — bar a bit of a personal decor stamp. Inside, it has two reception rooms, each with fireplaces and one with a bay window.

There’s also a study/home office to the front, with a sliding patio door, a sun-room behind with Velux roof lights, as well as kitchen/dining room with utility off. And, there’s underfloor heating at ground floor level and for those with storage needs (ie, most families), there’s a very useful detached garage with attic conversion. Location is just north of Glanmire, beyond the Brook Inn, with easy access to the M8 Cork-Dublin motorway.

VERDICT: Lovely gardens here.