Trading Up: Pouladuff, Cork, €220,000

There should be wide interest, from all sectors, on No 40, Clareville Estate.

Guiding at €220,000, the mix is likely to include first- time buyers, as well as traders’ down, and relocaters.

Given proximity to Cork city, and to UCC there may be investor interest also.

The three-bed Dutch dormer roofed bungalow is just off the Pouladuff Road and Clareville Estate runs from this road by Woodies (the old Atlantic Homeware store) to Nuns Walk.

No 40 is in a cul de sac section has a west-facing back garden and is fresh to market this holiday hiatus week with James Crowley Auctioneers.

It needs upgrading and bit more spending, says Mr Crowley, but it’s not at all bad as it stands, with a fairly recently-added oak kitchen, it has double glazing, and a new gas boiler too for central heating, so other changes can be kept to the decorative end of the scale if a buyer’s on a budget.

Two of its three bedrooms are overhead, one is downstairs, where there are also two reception roms, a kitchen and main, family bathrooms.

All-in, there’s just under 1,000 sq ft right now. And there is off-street parking in front and up the side, with gardens front and back.

VERDICT: An easy and rewarding do-er up home, handily close to a Woodies, within reach of UCC, the Lough, and the city itself.

Size: 90 sq m (970 sq ft)

Bathrooms: 1

Bedrooms: 3

BER: Pending