Trading up: Midleton, Cork €290,000

Thanks to a makeover six years ago, the three-bed detached bungalow 27 Laurel Court is a pitch-perfect home for a range of new owners, from first-time buyers, to young families and right up to traders in and traders down.

It’s set off Dwyer’s Road, on the N25/Cork side of Midleton, within a walk of the town centre and services, as well as to the Market Green shopping centre and cinema, plus a Lidl, Aldi, and a McDonalds drive-thru.

But, once in the door of the comfortable home, you mightn’t want to leave too often, so it’s handy it has its own greenhouse and raised vegetable bed in the manicured back garden....clearly, the owners apply the same standards of care outside and inside.