Trading up: Pouladuff Road, Cork City, €350,000

THERE’s a great site and amount of garden on offer at the winsomely-sounding Woodbine Chateau, on Cork City’s southern suburban Pouladuff Road, near UCC and the Lough.

Briefly on the market back in late autumn 2014 guiding €280,000, it returns for sale as the early daffs start to pop up in gardens, and as a new crop of home-hunters go on the prowl.

This time around, the quite substantial-sized 1950s bungalow is listed at €350,000 by estate agent Hugh McPhillips of Marshs, who says it’s ideally suited as a large family home, as there’s scope for up to six bedrooms after a quite substantial box dormer was added behind some years ago, giving two first floor bedrooms plus extra bathroom.