Trading up: Crosshaven, Cork €345,000

Want to go roaming around Crosshaven for a rewarding house project? This detached house called Dromainn could fit the bill, if you are prepared to do basic enough upgrades.

New to market on St Philomena’s Road, up above the former Grand Hotel and new coastguard station, is this 1960s-built four-bed home on a mature cul de sac road, where at least one other house is getting a full rebuild and upgrade.

The very next door home to Dromainn, possibly originally Edwardian, has already completed a very significant extension and renovation.The location, with Owenabue estuary and Currabinny views, justifies it.