Trading up: Coolroe Heights, Ballincollig €395,000

A home office, set into a comfortable chalet in a garden corner, is an extra space bonus with 10 Willow Grove in Coolroe Heights, on the western fringe of Cork’s Ballincollig.

Now, the detached four-bed, with second home office/family room within the 1,380 sq ft home, is for sale, listed with agent Norma Healy of Sherry FitzGerald who guides at €395,000: she says it’s in excellent order, throughout, with all the signs of being well tended down the years.

It’s also been extended marginally to the back, across the kitchen and dining section which now have Velux windows in a roof slope.