Trading Up: Rathbarry, West Cork, €245,000

A cosy interior, a wood-burning stove in the kitchen/dining room, proximity to a long beach and dunes, woods, lake and headland walks, super scenery all on a site of 0.75 of an acre — there’s lots of boxes ticked at this West Cork bungalow.

A December launch is this three-bed home overlooking Kilkern lake by pretty Rathbarry village, a 15-minute drive from Clonakilty, and close to the Long Strand, and the Galley Head lighthouse.

It’s pure Wild Atlantic Way territory, but has lots in the local landscape mix as well as the obvious coastline attractions.