Trading up: Maryborough Hill, Cork Guide price: €275,000

Size: 130sq m (1,400sq ft)

There’s kerb appeal with these detached houses at Maryborough Heights — plus a pleasant surprise inside as well, with a main living room far bigger than you’ll find in most homes of this era.

New to market in this early 1980s residential setting above Douglas, Cork, is the four-bed 1,400sq ft home called Cois Coillte, which indeed has a sort of green, tree-ed valley view to the back across Slí Carrig Donn, towards Mount Oval.