Trading up: Glanmire, Cork €375,000

Sq m: 153 (1,650 sq ft)

This could be your perfect home, say Sherry FitzGerald, of 5 Marwood Avenue in Cork’s Glanmire. Estate agents Gillian McDonnell and Ann O’Mahony seek €375,000 for the pristine home, on equally pristine gardens, and say it’s of showhouse quality, home to the house proud, with distinctive interior touches.

It’s one of just six detached houses in this cluster in this popular O’Flynn Construction development, by a green a cul d sac, and so is a real box-ticker for families looking to trade up, within a safe estate environment.