Trading up: Ballinrea, Carrigaline, Cork €410,000

This dormer home is c 5kms from Douglas and 5kms oo from Carrigaline. 

Size: 170 sq m (1,830sq ft) 

Bathrooms: 2 

Bedrooms: 4/5 

BER: B3

There’s a touch of the ‘ship’s cabin’ to some of the first floor bedrooms at Glenville, a dormer home between Douglas and Carrigaline in Cork, thanks to all the wood used in these upper deck rooms.

Warm and cosy looking, it’s as much a feature of the c 1,800 sq ft family home, and is matched for visual warmth by the actual warmth of the ground floor’s two open brick fireplaces, one in the dining end of the kitchen/diner, the other in the main double aspect living room.

Set at Ballinrea, on a site that levels out as you travel the tree-lined private drive to its entrance, it has more ground floor accommodation than first-floor space, with good sized reception room and kitchen, study/bed five, utility, bathroom and a master bedroom also at ground level.

Overhead, this brick-faced home has three more wood-floored bedrooms with Veluxes and gable end windows, plus a shower room, under sloping ceilings, and it is south-facing to the front.

Selling agent Jeremy Murphy guides Glenville at €410,000 and comments “it’s ideally suited as an upgrader family home, as it has very generous living space throughout and is in excellent condition.

VERDICT: Looking for space? It’s all here.