Trading up: Rochestown, Cork €580,000

There’s a very good 0.65 acre site with this trading-up family home called Kilcrenagh House, in Cork’s Upper Rochestown, near the monastery and close to Monkstown and Cork harbour too.

No slouch in its own right, the detached, and already upgraded, c 12 year old brick-fronted 1,900 sq ft home resurfaces on the upper end of the trading market after a previous summer 2015 launch: now, with different selling agents, the asking price is quite unchanged, and it’s guided at €580,000, with Michael O’Donovan of Savills.

It’s all in very good condition, styled in a modest Georgian manner, and Mr O’Donovan notes the good balance of living space, and site area.

It’s set well back from the road, behind controlled access gates and brick walls, with scope for extensions, or garden designs, summerhouse or veg plots — a small football pitch would fit in too.

It last changed hands around 2010, and the current owners did a major job of internal upgrades in 2011, so it’s got a smart kitchen, interlinked reception rooms, living room alongside a double-aspect dining room with bay window and kitchen proximity, plus there’s another family room, utility and guest WC.

The kitchen’s got white units, and red splashbacks and is well-sized at c 18’ by 11’.

VERDICT: Accommodating.

Size: 176 sq m (1,900sq ft)

Bathrooms: 3

Bedrooms: 4

BER: C1