Trading up: Frankfield, Cork €320,000

Set at the back of the Woodlands development in Cork’s Frankfield suburb is this one-off bungalow, on a stand-alone quarter acre site, and it’s called Elm House.

Built in 1988 as a trading-down home by its current owners, and done by then-timber-frame pioneer in Cork Noel Parkes, this comfortable two-bed 1,200 sq ft home has a large attic and high roof ridges, opening up the possibility of upwards expansion for any other category of trading-up buyer too.

Within a very private and mature site next to a period home and graced by some century old hardwood trees, Elm House is priced at €320,000 by estate agent Andrew Moore, who says that despite its relative youth, it has old-world charm, with some stained-glass features and an internal old stained glass door, as well as high and coved ceilings.