Trading up: Rochestown, Cork €595,000

No 6 Jamesmount was last offered for sale two years ago, in great order, guiding €610,000.

It didn’t sell at the time. It’s now slightly repriced (and in a better market) with a different agent, Malcolm Tyrrell of Cohalan Downing, who guides at €595,000 for this trading-up strong contender of 2,700 sq ft.

6 Jamesmount is in Rochestown’s Belmont/Garryduff, one of 20 similarly detached homes built in 2003.

(Just in case it’s not big enough, nearby No 3 Eyrecourt, a one-off 6,000 sq ft home on walled and gated grounds, came to market last month, guiding €1.375m with Sherry FitzGerald.)

In a cul de sac setting, Jamesmount houses are well landscaped, and No 6 is on 0.2 of a acre, well utilised, with lots of rear decking, solid-build shed, witha brick-paved drive.

Inside is a fine, decent accommodating floor plan with lots of Junkers flooring, where the front 21’ by 15’ room has a wood-burning stove, and behind is a open T-shaped mix of living/dining and kitchen, with granite-topped units, plus there’s a side conservatory.

The first floor is home to a master bedroom with en suite, and dressing room, two further bedrooms and a bathroom and the top floor has two more bedrooms, and a bathroom with Jacuzzi bath.

VERDICT: Above average in every respect.