Trading Up: Ballincollig, Cork €475,000

There’s quite a chance the next owner for 10 The Vale, in Coolroe Meadows on the western fringe of Ballincollig will be a local, trading up for more space, and a detached four-bed on a larger site.

Listed at €475,000 with agent Norma Healy of Sherry FitzGerald, the 1,650 sq ft No 10 The Vale is one of 14 similar homes in a cul de sac, in the larger O’Brien and O’Flynn development, where the bulk of homes are four-bed semis.

“Buyers at the time were offered the choice of a fourth bedroom, built over the kitchen, for about an extra €5,000 and most of them opted for that, getting four-bed semis of about 1,300 sq ft, but there are a few three-bed semis scattered about too,” notes Ms Healy.

A typical enough four-bed semi Coolroe example would be worth in the mid-€300,000s, so those hoping to gain an extra 300 sq ft or so more, and larger gardens plus a third reception/play room, will be paying c €125k more for the privilege.

On south-aspected gardens, No 10’s a clean and covetable example of the detacheds, with a draw especially for families within Coolroe whose kids won’t be moving far from play buddies and soccer ball hoppers, and is set near a central green also.

VERDICT: Good to grow