Trading up: Ballincollig, Cork €435,000

Some home hunters’ days of roaming the range will be up at Dunroamin House, in Cork’s Kilnaglory, near Ballincollig.

It’s one of the those ‘more than first meets the eye’ homes, says John Barry, associate director with Frank V Murphy & Co auctioneers as he notices a certain trend when families come to view.

“The women tend to go straight to the house, and the men to the sheds,” he quips — and, well, granny or grandad can potter along too, as there’s a granny flat as well.