Trading Up: Vicarstown, Cork, €420,000

YOU get space inside and outside, in abundance, at Fiddlers Brook, a large twin-winged bungalow, on 2.5 acres north of Cork city, at a spot called Foxes Bridge.

Set near Courtbrack, a few miles beyond just north of Blarney and Tower, Cork city’s about a 17km/25 minute commute, and estate agent Robert O’Keeffe of Irish and European guides the 3,300 sq ft Fiddlers Brook at €420,000, noting it is on 2.5 acres, which includes three stables, paddock, landscaped gardens with rockery, and lots of space for car and jeep and horse-box parking too.

One the market earlier this year with a higher asking price (c €465,000) and listed then with a different agent, this spacious double-fronted bungalow, has up to five bedrooms, kitchen with range cooker, and one of the several reception rooms has dual aspect fireplace as a room divide.