Tommy Barker reports on a bungalow with a sense of space.

Evidence of the imbalance between supply and demand in cities like Cork is seen in the return of open viewings — and, as equally, in the large numbers turning up at those same viewings.

Two buying types looking at accommodating home, says Tommy Barker.

There’s a fully-functioning, home-away-from home office coming gratis with the smart three-bed semi-d at 110 Fort Hill, the Murnane & O’Shea development up at Moneygourney, outside Douglas, Cork.

A lot of work has gone into the decor of 17 Hazel Road, a mid-terraced three bed family home, handily right next door to a Lidl in Cork’s Togher suburb. 

 

There’s more than what first greets the eye for buyers, or viewers, at 154 Eagle Valley, in Cork’s suburban Wilton.

Lower Glanmire Road, Cork

Built on a corner site, and a more recent build than many of its Riverview Estate neighbours along the row is 1 Riverview Gardens, in Cork’s Ballyvolane, just off the north ring road.

Size: Sq m 168 (1,800 sq ft)

Sq m: 222 (2,400 sq ft)

Sq m: 232 (2,500 sq ft)

Sq m: 164 (1,770 sq ft)

Ballincollig, Cork €115,000

No 3 Parnell Terrace is a hassle-free home, Tommy Barker reports

ROCHESTOWN, CORK €550,000

DOUGLAS, CORK €330,000

It may be small, but having only been on the market for a week, 5 Belmont Terrace is attracting some big interest. Tommy Barker reports

BISHOPSTOWN, CORK €325,000

CORK CITY €175,000 (OFFERS OVER)

Three-bed Douglas semi in turnkey condition boasts extra large garden

A SWIFT, sudden and serious price drop will see viewers’ noses twitching around this Monkstown, Cork harbour home.

A TIDY builder might be needed at Beech House – this four/five-bed home, on grounds as pristine as the house itself, has full planning in place for a second dwelling to be built alongside, amid its flowerbeds.

BACK in 2008, a four-bed semi on the Melbourne Road in Cork city went on the market at €525,000 and now, two years later, a large detached house in the same general location hits the market with a guide price of €585,000.

SEAN CAVANAGH will return to the Tyrone starting line-up for the first time since last August’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Kildare for tomorrow night’s crunch NFL Division 1 showdown against Kerry in Healy Park, Omagh.

CONSIDERABLY extended and yet cohesive is the large family home at 65, Maryborough Avenue, on the edge of Cork’s Douglas village.

CRUMMIES. THAT’S the term the AFL commentators use to describe players who will work the fringes and pick up the breaks.

Galway 1-13 Sligo 0-12

OUT in the Lee valley, the views are the thing — rolling countryside and wide water makes for a very pleasant aspect. And because of this bucolic beauty, it’s a very desirable place to live, but planning restrictions make it only for the few.