Trading Up: Bishopstown, Cork €375,000

A GOOD, solid block of a house, built by O’Hallorans 60 years or so ago, and now up for sale with a €375,000 asking price — that’s 18 Halldene Way, off the western end of the Curraheen Road, close to its access point on the N40 Ballincollig bypass.

Stressing the sheer amount of house here for the sub-€400k sum, and in Cork’s settled western suburbs too, estate agent Peter Skuse of Cahalane Skuse auctioneers says No 18 offers great value and options to a wide cross-section of buyers.

It has a fifth bedroom now, at ground level with shower room en suite, as well as front-to-back linked reception rooms, and kitchen plus utility. Overhead, four bedrooms are served by the main, four-piece family bathroom, and while overall condition is good, it needs freshening up and a modernising makeover.