Trading Up: Glanmire, Cork, €550,000

Zones and assorted levels within and without, for full-on family activity, characterise the large and accommodating family home at 7, The Avenue, in a cul de sac section of the popular Castlejane development in Cork’s Glanmire suburb.

Close to all services and amenities, the detached home is just a bit under the 3,000sq ft mark, thanks to a second/top attic level of extra space which is home to a study and store room and extra bathroom, while outside even its grounds are multi-tiered, with a raised section of decking right across the back garden; and, even that big raft of deck is divided into marginally different stepped heights and sections for barbecues and al fresco high teas.

There’s a second, closer decked patio to the immediate back of the house, with both sections linked by a timber walkway (or kid-friendly ‘gangplank?) with oceans of lawns on either side, plus mature planting and boundaries