Trading up: Douglas, Cork €390,000

It’s not yet extended or added to in any significant way, but Marneil holds promise for all of that now - or in a few years time - , and is good enough and clean enough to move into straight away. 

And, as its two ground floor reception rooms already interlink, it’s got a floor plan that suits modern family day living.

The 1950s-style three-bed semi is in a quiet section of a series of estates, at Browningstown West, off the Douglas and Ballinlough roads, near Eglantine Girls’ NS: the quality of the location is probably why estate agent Ann O’Mahony of Sherry FitzGerald guides the 1,075 sq ft original home at €390k on launch.