Trading up: Church Road, Carrigaline Guide price: €395,000

Size:1184sqm (2,000 sqft)

Open viewings were held last week at 13 The Estuary, in Cork’s Carrigaline — and it’s fair to say it made an excellent impression.

It pays to be have been house proud when it comes to selling a family home: Smart home hunters can tell a place that’s been cared for, over many years, over and above something that’s just been tarted up for sale. No 13 is clearly in the former category.