Trading up: Shanakiel, Cork €520,000

The houses at Cork’s Ashboro, up in Shanakiel and above Sunday’s Well, are big blocks of homes: in fact, it’s nearly a surprise to find that houses here like No 8 Ashboro have ‘only’ 1,900 sq ft inside in them.

Dating to the 1970s/1980s, this scheme was built on large sites under the reservoir up by the top of Shanakiel hill, a kilometre or less from Apple’s giant Cork base, and an easy enough run back down to the city centre via Sundays Well.

There’s also fairly swift access towards UCC, the Bon Secours and the CUH, and traditionally Ashboro has found buyers from those employment hubs also.