Trading up: Carrigaline, Cork €650,000

GARDENS of quality outside on almost an acre, and space inside to a high standard, all combine to make Carraig Rua quite the catch for families trading up in south county Cork and Carrigaline.

The wide, rangey brick-finished bungalowo fantastic, professionally landscape grounds runs to about 2,800 sq ft of comfort, and is guided at €650,000 by its selling agent Kevin Silke.

It’s set in chic Shannonpark on the edge of Carrigaline, was architect-designed, Mr Silke stresses and “has a wonderful combination of modernity and maturity,” he states.