Trading up: Maryborough Ridge, Cork €375,000

Hot on the heels of the sales of 10 out of 15 new homes left at Maryborough Ridge comes a family home resale, where a four-bed semi-d at 23 Edgewood, within the outer-Douglas scheme, is guided at €375,000 by Glenn O’Connor of DNG Creedon.

He says the 1,350 sq ft house is in excellent order and is very well finished, with maple floors in its three reception rooms, and with a cherrywood kitchen. Plus, it has a south-facing back garden, with side access.

It compares to the sales in recent weeks of three larger four-bed semis of 2,050 sq ft each, also within Maryborough Ridge, where a different firm of agents, Savills’ Cork city offices, got €420,000 each from bidders after a widely-anticipated launch of 15 unsold units, via a receivership.

They also sold several two-bed 900 sq ft townhouses, at €225,000 each, plus three two-bed apartments, at €160,000 each in the same development.

Key attractions at Maryborough Ridge are the modern, well-built homes at a location within a short spin of Douglas village, near the top of Marybrough Hill, in this popular O’Brien and O’Flynn scheme which was a sequel to their larger Maryborough Woods development.

VERDICT: No 23 Edgwood’s is in walk-in order.