Trading up: Maryborough Hill, Douglas, €495,000

The address may sound Alpine, but the shortest of downhill walks brings you from Tirol Avenue, on suburban Cork’s Maryborough Hill, to the flat of Douglas village.

Part of the late 1980s/1990s development The Paddocks, Tirol Avenue now sees No 2 for sale with a €495,000 price guide quoted by agent Kevin O’Sullivan of Barry Auctioneers, who says The Paddocks has been one of Cork’s most popular trading up locations in recent decades, with a mix of homes from terraced townhouses, to whoppers of detacheds, and several house types are three storey into the bargain.

No 2 Tirol Avenue is a two-storey, four-bed detached, with two good-sized reception rooms with fireplaces (one a lovely antique painted slate/cast iron chimneypiece) plus dining room, as well as kitchen with granite tops. Overhead one of the four bedrooms is en suite, and there’s a bath in the main, family bathroom. Overall condition inside and outside is good, and there’s off-street parking, with proximity to Douglas a boon.