Trading up: Rochestown, Cork €390,000

A sizeable price drop, now down to €390,00, will put this Norwood Court, Rochestown, home onto the radar of those looking for a good-sized family home.

It’s a do-er upper, as it’s pretty dated to the original 1970s look inside, with things like coloured glass in doors, wrought iron stair spindles, varnished parana pine ceilings and tiled fireplaces — but, dimensions and room sizes are good, one of its five bedrooms has an en suite, and there’s an adjacent double garage, plus good parking.

No 18 Norwood Court is set at the end corner of this early 1970s, then up-market scheme above the Rochestown Road and past the old Norwood Court Hotel, which now has been converted to apartments and townhouses, by Howard Holdings.