Trading Up: Garryvoe, Cork; €365,000

An East Cork home with a West Cork village-sounding name, Enniskeen, is bang on the button for home-owners who want a bit of internal pzzazz, and external sea views.

This updated Enniskeen is five minutes from Ladysbridge, high above Garryvoe, with views to Ballycotton bay and the lighthouse, and has a fully updated interior of 1,500 sq ft, all on a site of three-quarters of an acre.

Agent James Colbert says it’s eco-friendly with deep bore geo-thermal and underfloor heating, central vacuum, and ‘smart’ wired for sound, mood lighting, TV and more.

The kitchen is super-slick and well-finished with contemporary wood units and integrated appliances.

Other rooms include a 20’ by 15’ lounge, a dining room, long hall, utility room and one of the four bedrooms is en suite.

The vendor is leaving his 40” TV, his integrated coffee maker with cup warmer, wine fridge, American double and all the other creature comforts — as well as the garden shed, some excess floor boards and a ride-on lawn mower.

Midleton-based agent James Colbert says the house was extended in the early 1980s and was fully overhauled in 2009, and he quips “this is the house that keeps giving. It is the definition of turn-key, the only negative is you need a key. “It’s not that smart.....yet.”

VERDICT: Smart indeed.

Size: 139sq m (1,500sq ft)

Bathrooms: 2

Bedrooms: 4

BER: C1