Trading up: Douglas, Cork €325,000

‘This’ll do us fine.’ You can imagine many viewers with that quip at this three-bed semi-d called Thistle Dún, especially after they survey the sheer size of the back garden. 

For those into the great outdoors, albeit in a suburban setting, the garden will be the sale clincher.

But, the big, south and west-aspected garden isn’t the only special attribute of Thistle Dún: it’s also very nicely tucked away, one of just four semis, in a cul-de-sac off Rathmore Lawn and the South Douglas Road, almost a secret, shared enclave.