Saturday, January 28, 2012
Affordable period property has guide price of €120,000, Tommy Barker reports
An aerial view of St Luke’s Cross area in 1975. Carolina Terrace is in the top right hand side.
You could flake down to Cork city in 10 minutes from this Montenotte terraced home — but it will take you 15 minutes or more to puff your way back up.
Up for sale as a bit of a do-er upper is No 1 Carolina Terrace, on the Middle Glanmire Road: the address is a bit of a misnomer for latter day arrivals to Cork, as in fact it’s just a couple of hundred yards from St Luke’s Cross, by the former Arbutus and the Montenotte Hotel — or the old Country Club, if you are of a certain Cork vintage.
No 1 comes up for sale with Tom Woodward auctioneer who guides it at €150,000. The price guide reflects the fact that it needs TLC.
With around 1,200 sq ft of space, over three levels, it can realistically only swallow so much extra cash, but those keen to get their hands on an affordable period property in a handy location with great aspect and views will want to remind themselves that every building material needed will have to be trucked up the long front garden, as there’s no side or rear access.
No 1 Carolina Terrace has, though, a raised rear garden (reached via a door on a half landing) with some apple trees, and could make for a rather fine city pad, aloof aloft, with a Montenotte address to boot.
Right now it has a hall with terrazzo-style floor, two ground floor living rooms each with fireplaces, plus bathroom and kitchen.
Overhead, each of the next two floors has two bedrooms apiece, most with fireplaces, and there’s an attic level with two more rooms up here.
VERDICT: A tall house for those with lofty ambitions.
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