Trading up: Stoneview, Blarney, €379,000

A great view down towards Blarney village and the world-famous Blarney Castle comes with this house, perched up in Stoneview, just north of Blarney across the N20 Cork- Mallow Road.

Thanks to its proximity to the old railway station, Stoneview was an area set out by planners for a new settlement given the plans to re-open a rail commuter service into Cork city, earmarked for up to 2,500 new homes in the metropolitan region’s north west corridor, while even more ambitious plans have been drafted for Monard, also with a rail link and future lifeline.

However, in advance of all these longer-term grand plans, the chance to buy into convenient Stoneview comes this month with the arrival of Woodbine to market.