Just add colour: four-bed walk-in needs lick of paint

By Tommy Barker

Saturday, November 21, 2009

GREAT value for money at the price at number 11, Curra Woods, says its selling agent – so the new owners can afford a few buckets of paint.

Despite being four years old, this detached house, which is described as being in walk-in condition, is still in need of a lick of paint – surely?

Deciding on a paint colour is often the last job anyone does with a new home: that, and, perhaps, additional landscaping. Often, they are the ‘discretionary’ spends put on the long finger once the building or buying budget is blown.

Given that this is a four-bedroomed, detached home with 1,900 sq ft of space, the asking price of €395,000, via agents, Sherry FitzGerald, is fair, they say of this Riverstick offering.

Location is off the main Cork to Kinsale road, in this increasingly well-serviced village: new, mixed-use development has added hugely to the commercial and retail mix.

On a fairly large, and sloping site, number 11, Curra Woods has been finished out to a high standard, say Sherry Fitzgerald, with kitchen fitted and with all appliances, all of the bedrooms have built-in wardrobes, and two of the four first-floor bedrooms have en-suite bathrooms.

There’s a tiled hall, front lounge with bay window and fireplace, the family room also has a similar bay, there’s a kitchen/dining room with tiled floor and appliances in place, along with a utility and guest WC.

The house has double glazing, oil heating, and alarm, and a back garden in lawn. Now, time for the paint brushes and shovels for planting, for those who want to put down roots in Riverstick.

This appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Saturday, November 21, 2009