Trading up: Minane Bridge, Cork €450,000

There could be site potential as well as what’s immediately on offer at this good, stout country home at Granig, near Minane Bridge in premium south county Cork farmland.

Sq m: 184 (2,000 sq ft)

Bathrooms: 3

Bedrooms: 4

BER: D2

Listed with Joe McCarthy and TJ Cronin of Irish and European estate agents, this is a two-storey farmhouse type of dwelling, with one of its four carpeted bedrooms en suite, and is on four acres in all, with half an acre as garden, and the rest’s in pasture.

A two-storey house in good condition, it has two reception rooms, kitchen, hall with beech floor, utility plus store, and replacement windows and doors are in quality hardwood, while central heating is oil fired, and the property gets a respectable D2 BER rating.

Location is just under four miles from Carrigaline, and Mr McCarthy says the gardens are a real positive feature; then there is a further 3.5 acres suitable for horses, ponies or some might well yield a site for a further dwelling, giving additional value and options to new occupants, suggest Irish and European auctioneers.

VERDICT: A solid, well-kept traditional looking home, in an area where single storey bungalows are more the norm.

The ground it comes with offers real lifestyle opportunities for traders up outside of the city, near Carrigaline and Kinsale too.