17 Careystown Woods, Whitegate, Midleton, Co. Cork, P25 YT29
7 homes sold nearby. See what they went for — and what to bid on this one.
€295,000 · 3 Bed · 3 Bath · 89m² · Semi-D
Market Position
Priced Within Local Sold Range
At €295,000, this home is priced within the typical range of 7 recent closed sales nearby. There's room to negotiate — seller leverage is 4.7/10. If bidding heats up, you'll need a clear ceiling to avoid overpaying.
7 closed sales nearby · 13mo recency · Moderate confidence · Property Price Register
Sources: PPR, SEAI, OPW, planning records.
How this is calculated
We search the Property Price Register for closed sales near this property — matching by location, beds, property type, and where available, floor area (±20%). This gives us a set of genuinely comparable transactions.
Each sale is then time-adjusted to today using local price trends, so a sale from 18 months ago is inflated (or deflated) to reflect current market conditions. Where floor area is known, sales are also size-adjusted — a 90m² sale is normalised to what it would have sold for at this property's size. This means the figures you see aren't raw prices — they're what those same homes would likely sell for today, at this size.
Your bid strategy (opening offer, sealed bid range, walk-away ceiling) is then derived from the statistical distribution of these adjusted sales — with conservative safety margins applied when data is thin or dated.
Every figure comes from actual government-recorded sale prices. No asking prices, no agent estimates, no automated valuations.
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Before You Bid
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Here is what the data says about this property.
Will This Go Over Asking?
above asking
Probability of a sale above asking based on local bidding patterns.
Am I Overpaying?
local sales
Where the asking price sits in the verified local transaction distribution.
Negotiation Leverage Score
How much negotiation leverage you have based on market conditions.
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Built from 625,000+ verified Irish property transactions
Based on 7 verified local sales · Moderate confidence
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Price Distribution Analysis
7 verified closed sales within 1.5km · 18 months. Size-adjusted for similar homes (type match, beds ±1, size ±20%).
Asking price sits marginally above the size-adjusted median. Median anchored to size-similar transactions.
This chart shows where the asking price sits versus recent verified closed sales. It does not show your bid strategy.Same baseline as Market Position — size-adjusted.
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Statistical Confidence · Moderate
7
Transactions Analysed
Within 1.5km
13 months
Data Freshness
Most recent sale age
±18%
Price Spread
How much prices vary
Moderate
Confidence Level
Sale prices in this area vary more than usual, so there is some uncertainty in the figures. Bid conservatively and in small increments.
Limited recent transaction volume reduces trend precision. Strategy remains anchored to closed-sale distribution.
PPR closed sales · size & time adjusted · no asking prices used
Supporting Evidence · 7 Transactions
Size and time adjustments applied before percentile computation.
| Address | Sold | Date | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Careystown Woods, Whitegate, Co. Cork, Cork | 2025-02-20 | 92.9m² | |
| 50 Careystown Woods, Whitegate, Co. Cork, Cork | 2025-02-18 | 91m² |
Transactions within a 1.5km radius and 18-month window.
Methodology
Closed sales time-adjusted to current market · size-weighted where floor area available · no asking prices or agent estimates used.
How adjustments work
- —Older sales inflated to current market level so stale data doesn't skew bands
- —Similar-sized properties weighted more heavily where floor area is known
- —Local price trends factored in when sufficient data exists; no artificial uplift otherwise
- —All figures from registered closed sales only — no asking prices, no agent estimates
Local Market Notes
Property Quality
BER Upgrade Opportunity: Upgrading the D1 BER rating to a C1 could cost approximately €5,000-€8,000 and potentially increase the property's value by €8,000-€12,000.
Details
- Space Efficiency: With 89m² of living space across 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, this semi-detached property offers a moderate space allocation per person, aligning with typical configurations for its size.
- Value Optimisation: Given the D1 BER, investing in insulation and potentially a new heating system could cost €8,000-€12,000, improving energy efficiency and potentially reducing annual energy costs by €500-€800 compared to its current rating, thereby enhancing its market appeal.
- Hypothesis: The D1 BER rating presents a tangible opportunity for value enhancement; targeted energy efficiency upgrades, costing an estimated €8,000-€12,000, could not only reduce annual energy bills by €500-€800 but also significantly boost the property's market desirability and resale value, particularly as energy performance becomes a more critical factor for buyers.
Amenities
Transport Connectivity: While specific routes are not listed for this rural address, its location 'Outside Dublin' suggests reliance on local bus services and potential longer commutes to major transport hubs like Cork City.
Details
- Local Services: Midleton town, approximately 10km away, offers a range of amenities including supermarkets like SuperValu and Lidl, along with various shops, cafes, and the Midleton Park Hotel.
- Healthcare Access: Residents would likely access healthcare services in nearby Midleton, which includes the Midleton Primary Care Centre and pharmacies like Boots, with larger hospitals located further afield in Cork City.
- Hypothesis: The property's rural setting in Whitegate, while offering tranquility, necessitates an understanding of its connectivity limitations; travel to Midleton for daily needs will involve a car journey, and access to broader public transport networks or major employment centres like Cork City will likely require significant travel time, impacting its appeal to certain buyer demographics who prioritize immediate access to extensive urban amenities and direct public transport links.
Derived from nearby closed-sale patterns.
Built on verified Irish public data
Property Price Register
625,000+ verified closed sales
SEAI
Building energy ratings & floor area
Office of Public Works
Flood zones, events & study areas
MyPlan.ie
Planning applications nationwide
Common Questions
Bid strategy figures are derived from the Property Price Register — Ireland's official record of closed residential sale prices, verified through stamp duty. Floor area data comes from the SEAI BER register. Flood exposure is cross-referenced against OPW CFRAM flood extent mapping and historical flood events. Planning activity is sourced from national planning application records via MyPlan.ie. No asking prices, no agent estimates, no automated valuations.