Well Road, Cork €270,000

The address might say Lake Lawn, but the setting is high, and dry, above the Well Road and Mahon/Douglas estuary, between Cork’s Douglas and Ballinlough suburbs.

Listed just this week for sale is this older-style three-bed semi-d, No 42 Lake Lawn, in a cul de sac section, and facing south-east. Estate agent Timothy Sullivan says No 42 is a very clean buy, and - importantly for this vicinity - underpinning and drains work has been tackled before coming for sale. So now bidders can get on with the surveys and grand designs, budgeting for going forward, not backward and underground.

There’s only around 1,100 sq ft here at present, but it’s extendable to the side, and rear, and No 42 has one of those Lake Lawn signature touches, a porthole window to the front and a side hall entrance, each with brick details. There are two separate reception rooms, with 1950s tiled fireplace in the front one, a kitchen with Belfast sink, and overhead are three bedrooms, and bathroom with double shower.

There’s a nice mix of older style features to work with, with replacement windows, gas heating, pvc fascias and soffits, with lawns front, back and side, plus fuel store.

VERDICT: Location alone will drive interest. Prices have varied wildly here in recent years and the most recent sale here made €300,000.