Trading up: Amberley, Grange €260,000

There’s a useful, extra-sized front drive up to the immaculate bungalow home at 14 Amberley, in Cork’s Grange suburbs above Douglas — there’s enough parking here for a fleet of cars, or a bus.

Set toward the back of its unusually generous site, No 14’s a detached three-bed southside suburban home as pristine in its grounds as in its interior.

It has hit the ground running with sales agent Niamh Moloney of Sherry FitzGerald, who had almost two dozen viewers last weekend, in its first days of viewing.

She says it’s really in showhouse condition, on private and secure grounds very close to the Aldi and SuperValu, so it’s going to be handy for popping next door for a pint of milk, a bunch of flowers, a stepladder or some other Aldi weekly special.

It’s light, bright and airy inside, well-finished and kept well above par, with solid maple floors in the hall, kitchen and three bedrooms, with one en suite.

Dating to the 1990s, No 14 was given a full decorative overhaul six years ago, and the kitchen was then redone just three years ago, by its current owners, who are now trading up after their enhancements, as well as having put in hefty cast iron gates at the entrance, off yonder in the secure grounds. Externally also, there’s a patio with sandstone paving, and walled-in back garden and lawn with shed.

VERDICT: Room to roam in the ’burbs by Douglas.