Trading up: Ovens, Cork €390,000

Food can travel from farm to fork, or - in the case of this family home west of Cork City - from Ovens to Stanley range cooker.

Set out at Clashanure, Ovens, beyond Ballincollig, is this four-bed detached dormer, on a productive two-thirds of an acre site, much used by its green-fingered family of owners.

New to market with Sherry FitzGerald, it went on open viewings Saturday last, and visitors were very much taken by its grounds and veg and herb plot, says auctioneer Norma Healy, saying it allows for seasonal self-sufficiency.

Ms Healy guides this 1,340 sq ft home near the Lee Valley Golf Club and Farran at €390,000, and says that even apart from the veggie potential, it’s on very attractive and colourful, well-kept gardens with patios, and the setting will suit buyers into golf, rowing, other sports or just keen on country living, but still close enough to all amenities.

Even though it’s not huge, its 1,340 sq ft manages to yield a ground floor en suite bedroom, three more overhead bedrooms plus family bathroom, along with a front living room with bay window and cast-iron fireplace.

And, behind across most of the 30’ width of the house is a kitchen/dining room, with family room with stove, while at the far end of the kitchen, which has a green Stanley range cooker, is a utility room, with guest WC.

VERDICT: Good to grow.