Trading up: Carrigrohane, Cork €295,000

A new homes scheme from O’Flynn Construction is due on site any day now in Cork’s Kerry Pike, but it’s unlikely what gets launched, and at a yet to be determined price, will come for sale on anything like a quarter of an acre, with a double garage for good measure.

Size: 97sq m (1,044sq ft) 

Bathrooms: 3 

Bedrooms: 3 

BER: D2

That site size is the trump card with the sale of the detached home at 8 Upper Leemount, Carrigrohane/Kerry Pike.

Estate agent Robert O’Keeffe of Irish and European, guides this three-bed of almost 1,050 sq ft at under the €300k mark, seeking offers of €295,000, which puts it within a wide buying cohort, from first-time buyers to traders up.

It was renovated in 2007 and is finished to a good standard throughout, says Mr O’Keeffe, has an attractive feature 14’ by 12’ living room with high, vaulted pine-clad ceiling, and other internal finishes include parquet floors and oak doors.

Two of its three bedrooms have en suites, plus there’s a guest WC, and a kitchen/diner.

It’s within the price grasp of better-off first-time buyers, and others may seek to extend further, and the site, with elevated countryside views would allow for that, all within a short drive of the city.

The outbuilding/double garage could suit someone with a trade, a DIY enthusiast, or with pets.

VERDICT: Close to city