Trading up: Douglas, Cork €350,000

Size: 135 sq m (1,450sq ft)

Solid. That’s the semi-detached home called Knockatana, billed as substantial by its selling agent Anthony O’Regan of Keane Mahony Smith.

The four-bed, mid-1900s home at Trabeg Lawn off the South Douglas Road, Cork, weighs in at a surprising 1,450 sq ft according to the KMS auctioneer, and a share of that is probably thanks to the basic lean-to conservatory behind, with about 150 sq ft and west-facing to boot.