House of the week: Glasheen, Cork, €360,000

IN advance of a line of booked-in first viewings for Holt House this week, its selling agent was already confident it would gain quick traction and be bid past its €360,000 asking price in rapid fashion.

First viewers came through the doors of this Hillside Grove three-bed home on Wednesday, with a dozen or so pencilled in at 15 minute intervals over several hours and Thursday was shaping up or at least the same level of activity, revealed auctioneer Jim Coughlan, noting “we don’t do open viewings, we prefer to do them individually.”

It looks like he’ll have had a lot of repetition on his hands given the interest shown already: that’s not too surprising, as there’s way more updated quality within this extended three-bed semi-d near to the Lough than initially might be suspected from the still-modest/traditional exterior.