PROPERTY
History meets the future on South Mall
CORK city’s South Mall, the traditional financial heartland of the southern capital, has sprung back to life, with occupancy increases and new-builds in the mix.
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Former restaurant on Cork city’s Prince’s Street selling for €275,000
DEMAND for Cork city cafe units remains at hot-cake sales levels, so a keen appetite can be expected in the sale of a former restaurant at 29 Prince’s Street.
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220-year-old hotel selling for €1.5m in Waterford
AN historic hotel in an historic Munster town celebrates 220 years of guest service and hospitality this year. It is also for sale, for €1.5m.
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Lots of space for home comforts in Youghal
Trish Dromey is impressed with this extensive, extended, and lavishly-appointed home in Youghal, Co Cork.
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This new built in Bandon won't be lonesome for long
Kya de Longchamp reports on a super-sized family home which is certified with a covetable A3 BER.
The timeless coach house at Jamesbrook in East Cork
Time has been kind to this old stone coach house and courtyard at Jamesbrook in East Cork, writes Tommy Barker. Built in the 1780s, it is now a spacious and comfortable home with up to five bedrooms and a substantial 1.8 acres of land
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A gem on Clonakilty's golden mile
Tommy Barker finds a gem ’twixt town and shops, sand dunes and golden beaches, each within a walk of Clonakilty.
The Turners Cross property won't be around for long
Tommy Barker on a Turners Cross home that’s set to appeal to a broad cross-section of buyers.
A peek into the upmarket schemes west and east of Cork City
Tommy Barker says new, upmarket schemes west and east of Cork city will spur resales – and gossip.
House of the week: Ard Chuain, Passage West, Cork Harbour
There are almost 20 large, detached one-off homes done to a variety of architectural styles and big, blowsy budgets, at the Ard Chuain development, which takes its name from the height it’s set at above Passage West, spanning expanses of Cork harbour.
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€50m-€60m in sales due in 320-lot online auction
Some 20 commercial property lots and investments in Cork, worth in excess of €4.5 million combined, plus 18 residential properties, will feature in the major c 315 lot Bid X1 online auction next month, November 9 and 10, in which €50-60 million in activity is expected to be generated nationally.
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Bingo! Deanrock Business Park could be just right for you
There isn’t even a Full House yet, but there’s an income of €144,600 a year all the same at the Deanrock Business Park in Cork.
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Good investment to land building in Cork Airport Business Park
STANDALONE office building, let to NASDAQ-quoted IT company, Arris, with 6,000 employees worldwide, across more than 50 offices in 30 countries, is for sale in Cork Airport Business Park.
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Well known Tory Top bar up for sale in Cork
A LONG-established, family-run pub between two of Cork city’s suburban sporting heartlands, rugby at Musgrave Park and soccer at Turner’s Cross stadium, has another claim to fame – it is the closest licensed premises to the grave of Fr Theobald Mathew, the Apostle of Temperance.
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Stunning vistas sure to draw inspiration in Kinsale
This high-end bungalow has fit and finish that take it above the norm to add to Kinsale’s growing property boom, writes Tommy Barker.
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City chic at Kyle Street
This renovated house will appeal to first time buyers seeking city centre living, writes Trish Dromey.
Dreamt you dwelt in marble halls?
Lee Mount spans 6,200 sq ft in two wings, linked by a grand entrance hall, with grander staircase, Tommy Barker reports.
House of the Week: Rushbrooke, Great Island, Cork Harbour
The sale of this home will be music to the ears of dozens of budding musicians — it is forming part of a very generous bequest that could be worth €2m, to the benefit of UCC students, and to UCC’s music department in particular.
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Ex-Fleming Construction HQ selling for €750k
A high-profile office-and-warehouse building, which was the main HQ of West Cork-based Fleming Construction in the run-up to the boom and eventual crash, has come back up for sale.
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Tally Ho for city landmark Fox & Hounds
One of Cork’s oldestlandmark pubs — along with acres of land which were at the centre of a long and protracted planning battle for a major retail use pitched at a Tesco store — has come up for sale.
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Have yourself a harbour haven in Monkstown
Renovations to No 2 the Shrubberies, back 1995, created a delight that has stood the test of time, says Tommy Barker.
Let 'Solus' in St Lukes light up your life
Beautifully presented and oozing character No 3 Gardiner’s Hill, St Luke’s will need little work, says Tommy Barker.
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House of the week: SansSouci, Douglas Road, Cork
Coming up on its 90th birthday next year is this family home, in three generations of ownership and only now for sale for the first time ever.
Sale time at Debenhams Cork store
WITH plans afoot for the €70m-plus investment property sale of the ‘old’ Roches Stores/Debenhams Cork’s store by the publicity-shy Roche family, the arrival of a neighbouring niche investment with a more modest €1.5m price tag has impeccable timing, and opportunity.
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Prayers answered in sale of site on Model Farm Road
THE purchaser of a 4.6 acre house development site next to Hilton on the Model Farm Road in Cork city’s suburbs has been confirmed as up-and-coming Munster builder Donal Relihan, of DNR Homes.
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Making hay while the market shines
Rose Martin explores 15 Hayfield, a €750k four-bed family home in a wonderful location on Cork’s Model Farm Road
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Superb rural living with an urban reach
An Eighties-developed house on 3.5 acres near Bandon in west Cork was designed with plenty of space for family in mind, writes Catherine Shanahan
Where the world falls away
Kya deLongchamps visits an executive level, 21st century eco-home near Mitchelstown, cleverly suggesting two centuries of charm and change
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Níl neart go cur le chéile: How eviction was foiled
Niall Murray on the story of a rural community’s victory
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