Trading up: Ballinlough, Cork €295,000

Homes around Cork’s Ballinlough suburb have made a strong price recovery in the past several years.

They suit buyers looking to move to the older suburban estates, within a walk of the city centre, parks, sports amenities and of Douglas village as well.

Many need refurbs, and/or extension as sizes in some of these grids of parks can dip below 1,000 sq ft, but the selling agents of 17 South Lodge, Ballinlough, reckon there’s 1,250 sq ft in this older-era three-bed semi-d.