Trading up: Rochestown, Cork €275,000

There’s a long strip of side garden to the three-bed semi-d at 59 Kiltegan Park, in Cork’s Rochestown, and it’s walled in, ready for imaginative planting, or pitch-perfect for a single or two storey house extension.

The 1980s-built house is in good overall condition, yet relatively unchanged from its original form, with small 10’ by 7’ kitchen off an 18’ by 10’ back dining/family room.

Both this back room and the front have open fireplaces, and windows are in the original teak frames, and there’s access to an attached garage via the kitchen.