Trading up: Garryvoe, East Cork €385,000

It’s bucket and spade time again as summer beckons — and estate agent Barry Nagle of Global Properties has a coastal Co Cork home up for grabs, ideal for the largest of families.

On the market since last year, but now getting a seasonal pre-summer push, Mr Nagle guides this detached five-bedroom, 3,100 sq ft home above Garryvoe, in East Cork, at €385,000, noting it’s on a half acre of gardens, with detached garage, and has views to the sea that include the beaches around Garryvoe, out towards Ballycotton, islands and a lighthouse, as well as shipping lines back and forth to Cork harbour and far beyond.

This comfortable home was only built in 2004, but already it’s too big for its owners as their children have grown and moved, says Mr Nagle, saying it’s a great spot for a new occupier to raise a family, is safe and secure with CCTV, an alarm and has broadband, and is cosy too, with a C1 BER.