Cosy home with grand ambition

Carrigaline, Cork  €210,000

The garden alone should swing a sale for the owners of 9 Clevedon Gardens, in Cork’s Carrigaline. Even though the weather’s none too kind this month, there’s a hint of an ‘outback’ oasis to be enjoyed here, behind the 950 sq ft, immaculate three-bed bungalow family home, which quite handily has two sets of plans drawn up for extension, one for 1,300 sq ft all-in, another to as much as 1,700 sq ft.

The detached house as it stands was built in 1999, and its house-proud owners (one is a building quanity surveyor) got seriously into their garden enjoyment from 2005, adding a large Indian sandstone patio, glasshouse, chalet-like shed and pergola (with hammock) for outdoor activities and relaxation.