Trading up: Well Road, Cork, €380,000

A sympathetic renovation job has been done to No 73, Ardmahon Estate, just off Cork’s Well Road in the midst of Ballinlough and Douglas suburban hinterland, and now — unless new owners might choose to extend — it’s for sale now as a clean, walk-in job.

The family-owned mid-1900s three-bed semi-d (also called Ormonde) went on open viewing with estate agent Mary O’Donnell of Clear View Auctioneers on Thursday, even though it hasn’t been extended or had walls knocked to make it more open plan, it’s a bit of a stand-out, as so much more work has been done here than is the norm locally for the vintage.