Saturday, January 28, 2012
Just about everyone who bought into The Spires scheme in Innishannon, Co Cork, had a few bob left over for landscaping — and that’s an extra investment that keeps paying dividends.
Beneficiaries are the families who live here, as well as vendors if and when the time comes to sell up and move out — the place is ageing very well, and all the growth only adds to the privacy of the sites, many of them around a quarter of an acre.
The Spires was build in the mid-1990s by local man Fachtna Crowley and the dormers have always been popular trading-up buys.
The interior of No 19 marks it out as a bit different thanks to its freshness, it clearly got extra investment and a very recent makeover since the 15 or so years since it was first built.
It’s all light and fresh inside, well decorated, with some attractive features plus a centrepiece hall staircase with open treads and a central steel spine.
Selling agent for No 19 is Brendan Bowe, with offices both in Bandon town and in Ballincollig and as he lives locally, he knows the hold Innishannon has for families looking for a quiet trading up location, mixing quality village life with easy access to the sea, the River Bandon, on then to West Cork, and back to Cork city’s suburbs and airport just 25km away.
Internally, No 19 has a very good lower-level layout in particular, with three ground-floor reception rooms, including living room with fireplace, separate dining room with stone chimney breast, plus hobby room and a garden room, each with access to the back gardens
There’s also a large Shaker kitchen/dining room with utility off, a guest WC and kitchen units are in timber as are the worktops, Floors are oak, other hardwoods, and ceramic tiling, and some rooms have low-level panelling/wainscoting. The feel, suggests the auctioneer, is of a bespoke home.
Overhead are four bedrooms, one (the master bed) is 22’ by 14’ at max, with en-suite off with oversized shower tray. The main bathroom, meanwhile, is, done to five-star hotel standard, says the agent.
Externally the house’s walls are low-maintenance, a mix of dash and stone to the front, all dash to the back and the grounds around it are landscaped, with private parking to the front. The design has dormer windows to the front, plus a stone façade front gable, with Veluxes only to the rear.
Behind, there’s a mix of dedicated mixed-use areas, from trampoline to lawn, shed to sun terrace, with low sheltering walls around a corner terrace.
VERDICT: Prices at The Spires are back to early 2000s levels, and after all the latest work done here, No 19 gives trading-up buyers the chance to move into a very successful scheme, with few re-sales.
Location: Innishannon, Cork
Price: €455,000
Size: 224 sq m (2,400 sq ft)
Bedrooms: 4
BER rating: Pending
Broadband: Yes
Best feature: Interiors just redone
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