Trading up: Frankfield, Cork, €400,000

East meet west in the suburban Frankfield, Douglas scheme Parkgate – the sizeable 1990s development by O’Flynn Construction is divided up into East and West Avenues.

Now, one of the rarer offers, a detached four-bed at 5 West Avenue is new to market with Trish Stokes of Lisney, who guides the 1,850 sq ft house at an even €400,000 and who can expect healthy trading-up inquiries.

It’s currently pretty bland inside and is being shown unfurnished, but the space is good, with three reception rooms (two plus a den) as well as a kitchen/diner with slight extension, mostly glazed but with a solid roof, plus utility, coat store and a guest WC.

Upstairs, one of the four bedrooms is en suite, and has a feature porthole window to one side next to some built-ins.

Detached No 5 is close to Parkgate’s entrance, with traffic lights allowing access and egress, and is a short drive to Douglas, or to the south city ring road, and Grange/Frankfield has schools, shops and churches too.

On a corner site by Parkgate’s West and East Avenues, No 5 has off-street parking, and side access to the walled in back garden, with steel shed set behind some screening planting.

VERDICT: Modern and easily upgraded and/or extended. Some families may also look at opening up one or two of the reception rooms to the kitchen for a more open-plan layout