House of the week: Model Farm Road, Cork €525,000

The family that bought Dunleer 17 years ago knew what they were doing.

Although the house they were buying dated from the 1940s, they were investing in location; proximity to colleges primarily, as their children were coming up to third-level.

Since they bought, the spot the property-savvy couple had set their hearts on has only continued to rise in esteem, and now after the dip days of the downturn post-2008, it is going back up the scale too in value.