Trading up: Spur Hill, Cork, €450,000

There’s a country setting, but suburban conveniences almost to hand, at this detached home called Belmont.

This 1980s dormer home is on a flat level site of three-quarters of an acre, on Spur Hill, on the inclines leaving Cork city’s Wilton and Togher suburbs.

Cork airport is up and over the back of the hill, and roads passing Belmont lead as handily out to Ballinhassig, Ballygarvan, or Kinsale via Fivemilebridge, while the Bandon Road and viaduct is reached via the narrow, but convenient, Maher’s Lane.