25 checks, 2 red, 1 amber. Ordered by how much each one changes the decision.

Single address: a house or a whole building

Riversfield Estate, Dwyer's Road, Midleton, Co. Cork is the only Eircode at this roof. A Land Registry folio, the BER and the sale history all refer to the same property. Title: on landdirect.ie (Tailte Éireann) choose Proceed as Guest, search by this Eircode, and View Folio costs €5. The folio names the registered owner, freehold or leasehold, and any burdens (rights of way, charges) and comes with the registered boundary map, which is what to compare against the fence line the agent points at. If the Eircode search finds no folio, the house is probably still in the Registry of Deeds (common for pre-1970s urban houses): your solicitor will investigate the deeds instead, and conveyancing usually takes a few weeks longer.

Past flooding recorded within 200 m, outside the modelled zones

Not inside the OPW river or coastal flood extents or the GSI groundwater zones. OPW recorded a past flood within 500 m: Flooding at Midleton on 29/12/2015, 110 m away: 1 mixed use property and 3 residential flooded at Riversfield Estate and south of N25 due to bank flow as a result of excessive rainfall during Storm Frank on 29th of December. Recorded floods are the first thing an insurer's postcode model knows about; ask the seller what happened to this house. Modelled maps miss surface-water, sewer and small-stream floods; these records catch them.

No coastal erosion mapped within 500 m

Not near the OPW predicted 2050 erosion line and no recorded erosion event nearby. Inland addresses will always be clear here; the ICPSS covers the soft (non-rock) coast only.

High radon area: about 1 in 5 homes above the reference level

About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. The EPA calls this a High Radon Area. A test kit costs about €50 and takes three months; ask the seller if the house was ever tested or has a radon barrier (required in new builds since 1998).

No county-wide defective-block or pyrite scheme for Co. Cork

Individual cases exist everywhere, so still get a structural survey. This check is about known regional problems only.

Built-up area on Waulsortian Limestones

Built-up area, subsoil not mapped by GSI, on Waulsortian Limestones (massive unbedded lime-mudstone). Nothing in the GSI layers that usually affects foundations or insurance.

No management company found for this address

No owners' or residents' management company on the CRO register carries the estate or street name (searched: RIVERSFIELD, ESTATE, DWYERS, ROAD, MIDLETON). Typical for an older street or a rural house: no service charge. Newer estates with private open space usually do have one, so ask the seller directly if the estate was built after 2000.

On the Midleton sewer: treatment plant on the EPA priority list

The home sits inside the Midleton sewered area (EPA agglomeration D0056, about 17,543 population equivalent), so a public sewer connection is the norm. Confirm the actual connection with the seller or Uisce Éireann: the odd house inside a town boundary still has its own tank. Treatment plant: 3N - Tertiary N Removal, latest EU directive compliance pass. The EPA lists this plant among the priority urban areas: it passes the treatment standard but puts pressure on the local river, lake or bathing water, or is overloaded. A town-level problem, not a cost to you; planning for new houses can be held back until Uisce Éireann upgrades it.

No BER certificate on the register for this Eircode

Our copy of the SEAI register (127,230 certificates, 23% of the register so far) has nothing for this Eircode, and a search of property listings and the web for its BER number came up empty too. The house may hold a certificate we have not reached yet. A seller must provide a BER before the sale closes; ask for the certificate number and check it on the SEAI register.

Loud: 70-74 dB Lden from major road traffic

Day-evening-night average of 70-74 dB (Rd4-2022). This is the level at which noise action plans prioritise mitigation. Check glazing and visit at rush hour.

Air quality typical for Ireland, within EU limits

Annual mean for the 1 km square around the home, 2024 (EEA map built from monitoring stations and modelling). PM2.5 6.5 µg/m³, 1.3 times the WHO guideline of 5 (Irish median 5.7); NO2 3.3 µg/m³, below the WHO guideline of 10 (Irish median 2.2). EU limits: today PM2.5 20 and NO2 40, from 2030 PM2.5 10 and NO2 20. Like most of Ireland, above the strict WHO guideline for fine particles but well inside EU limits.

Nearest licensed site 1.6 km away (Irish Distillers Limited)

1 site within 2.0 km: Irish Distillers Limited (EPA-licensed industrial site, licensed, industrial emissions (IED) licence) 1.6 km away. Licensed sites publish their emissions and complaints on the EPA site; visit on a working day and check wind direction, lorry routes and blasting times.

3 applications nearby in three years, all small

7 on record within 300 m; house extensions, garages and the like. No large schemes.

Zoned existing residential (Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses)

The scale of new residential and mixed residential developments within the Existing Residential/Mixed Residential and Other Uses within the settlement network should normally respect the pattern and grain of existing urban development in the surrounding. Zoning objective from the Cork County Development Plan 2022.

Not a listed building, no monument zone or nature designation

Not on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, outside every Sites and Monuments Record zone (nothing within 200 m) and outside SAC, SPA and NHA designations. Still check the council's Record of Protected Structures if the house is pre-1940.

About €270.25 a year, LPT band 2

At €295,000 (last registered sale, 2026) the house sits in band 2 (€240,001 to €315,000). Basic rate €235. Cork County adds 15% in 2026. Valuations are fixed until 2030, so what the seller declared may be lower than today's price.

Last sold Aug 2026 for €295,000, resold within two years

2 registered sales: 2026 €295,000, 2022 €220,000. Quick resale: ask why.

Rents €1,566 a month in Cork (RTB 2025 Q4)

RTB average new-tenancy rent in Cork, 2025 Q4: all homes €1,566, one-bed €1,153, two-bed €1,472, three-bed €1,608, apartments €1,428, semi-detached €1,738 a month, up 9% on 2024 Q4. Most of the country is a Rent Pressure Zone: rent rises for sitting tenants are capped, so an investor's income follows the RTB index, not the asking rents.

Midleton station: 753 incidents in 2025, -29% on trend

Midleton Garda station, Oliver Plunkett Place, Midleton. 753 recorded incidents in 2025, -29% against the 2020 to 2024 average. Most common: theft 200, public order 106, assaults and threats 76; burglary 11. Busier than 84% of Ireland's 564 stations, which mostly reflects how big the station's area is.

Midleton Rural: marginally above average (Pobal 2022), 68% owner-occupied

Midleton Rural electoral division, Co. Cork, Census 2022: 10,049 residents; 68% owner-occupied (typical Irish division 85%); 18% private renters, 9% council or approved-housing tenants (typical Irish division 2%); 47% of adults with a third-level degree (typical Irish division 36%), 6% left school at primary level; 43% in professional or managerial jobs; unemployment 6% (typical for Ireland); 19% of families with children are lone-parent. Pobal HP index +5.9 ("Marginally Above Average"), more affluent than 85% of Irish electoral divisions. An electoral division averages 1,500 people, so a single estate can differ from these figures.

Full fibre available: Open Eir 5 Gb, Virgin Media 5 Gb

Open Eir fibre 5 Gb, Virgin Media fibre 5 Gb, Open Eir part-fibre 68 Mb. Speeds are the operator's expected peak download; retail providers sell on these networks.

Good 4G from all three networks, 5G from all three

Outdoor 4G signal at the door: Eir very good, Three very good, Vodafone very good. 5G: Eir, Three, Vodafone. GoMo, 48, Tesco Mobile, Lyca, Sky and Clear ride on these networks, so pick by parent. Indoors expect one level lower; new A-rated homes with foil-backed insulation and triple glazing can lose 4G at the kitchen table even where the map says very good, so wifi calling matters.

Train 1.3 km, bus 530 m

0 bus stops within 500 m, nearest Market Green, Midleton 530 m (7 min walk). Midleton 1.3 km. Frequencies and routes: TFI Live app or transportforireland.ie.

4 primary and 4 secondary schools nearby

4 primary within 1.5 km, nearest Gaelscoil Mhainistir na Corann (774 m, 562 pupils, Gaelscoil). 4 secondary within 3 km, nearest Christian Brothers Secondary School (882 m, 940 pupils).

Daily errands on foot: shop, pharmacy and green space within a kilometre

Nearest: supermarket (Aldi) 450 m, pharmacy 700 m, GP 770 m, park 520 m, creche 1.2 km. Within 1.5 km: 16 sports centres, 14 convenience shops, 12 gyms, 9 cafes, 8 parks, 8 pubs, 7 supermarkets.