Trading up: Glounthaune, Cork, €495,000

Beamier at the back than it is wide at the front is the four-bed, detached family home 36 Cois Chuain, on the edge of the Lane Builders development on the south-facing hills above Glounthaune, a short drive or train spin east of Cork City.

Estate agent Gillian McDonnell of Sherry FitzGerald seeks offers around €495,000 for the 1,650 sq ft two-storey home, No 36, in very good overall condition.

It turns up online as having been on the market last year, with other agents, then-quoted €550,000 AMV, so now it’s within grasp of a wider demographic.