Trading up: Maglin Road, Ballincollig, €380,000

There’s a very good site size — one-third of an acre — with No 7, Glincool Drive, within a walk of shops, schools and services in Cork’s busy Ballincollig.

The area’s strong employment base — companies like EMC and VMWare are located here — means good demand for nearly all house types, from starters to traders, and No 7 fits the bill for this latter category.

It’s already under offer, at €335,000, via Norma Healy, of Sherry FitzGerald, who prices it higher, at €380,000, and it is a solid, ‘four-square’ home, with a room at each corner, top and bottom, and with one of its four bedrooms en-suite.