Trading up: Glanmire, Cork €360,000

There’s a wide trading-up market around Cork’s Glanmire that No 57 The Paddocks is going to appeal to.

Listed just in the past couple of weeks with DNG Murphy Condon, this is a very smart, cheery yellow-painted mature detached bungalow on a quarter acre site (one of about 10 in the Paddocks, where most of the neighbours are re-bricked) on the edge of Glanmire, by Glyntown, near Fernwood and Chestnut Meadows.

Guiding at €360,000, DNG Murphy Condon say it would be a lovely family home, and also say as it’s a bungalow it could be perfect for someone trading down.

As a bonus, there’s a bus route to Cork city with a bus-stop near the entrance to the Paddocks.

No 57 has got just over 1,300 sq ft, with four bedrooms, one of which is en suite, and the fourth is an optional dressing room.

The selling agents say it has been very well maintained, with glossy wood floors, and rooms include kitchen, two large reception rooms, one with antique open fireplace, the other has a coal-effect stove with flue, and the room opens to a conservatory. The hall has a rosewood floor, as well as access to a floored attic for storage

VERDICT: Nice mix of quality home and gardens.