Back to the future: How Ireland's unassuming 1980s bungalow is stealthily making a comeback

Irish Examiner Deputy Property Editor Catherine Shanahan checks out a Cork bungalow after it was transformed inside and out
Back to the future: How Ireland's unassuming 1980s bungalow is stealthily making a comeback

Architect Loïc said the house needed to make the most of the site's advantages. Pictures: Dan Linehan

TEASED perms, inflated shoulders, spandex leggings: the tastemakers of the 1980s had much to answer for but maybe so did the planners? 

Wasn’t it under their watch that the country went stone mad for building bungalows?

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