Donnybrook, Cork, €230,000

There’s just a bit over 1,000 sq ft right now in the three-bed semi-d at 6 Springbrook – and it’s in quite its original layout.

But, a glance over the walls to some of the neighbouring homes show how easily extendable these Donnybrook houses can be.

Hitting a pre-Christmas launch, No 6 carried a €230,000 asking price with agent Jeremy Murphy, and is a clean family home facing a communal triangular green, up above Scart Cross, a couple of kilometres above Douglas village.