Trading Up: South Douglas Road, Cork €580,000

It’s a complete surprise: so says Sherry Fitz estate agent Ann O’Mahony of Ferndale, off the South Douglas Road in suburban Cork.

The detached, late 1970s home was built on a double sized site, towards the end of the cul de sac estate called Trabeg Lawn, which faces Tramore Lawn across the ‘back’ Douglas Road.

Not only is the size a welcome surprise, on one third of an acre and all groomed, but the scale of accommodation is also: it looks two-storey to the front, but is full three storeys to the back.