Trading Up: Summercove, Kinsale €255,000

More of a trading-down, or trading-in, option is the mid-terraced Summercove house called Quebec, with the Bulman bar and restaurant on its doorstep, as is the pier at Summercove, plus a shingle beach at low tide.

Hill-set Quebec is handily above the tides, as Summercove’s pier area and lower section has had some recent and quite dramatic storm battering, but at this perch, occupants can afford to enjoy the views, without a fear of incoming waves to upset their demeanor.