A Glounthane goliath is set to generate plenty of interest, writes Tommy Barker.

Tommy Barker admires this four-level home with full basement and attic.

What can one de-deuce from this smashing Glounthaune offering? Well, just that it’s game, set and hard to match, Tommy Barker says I

BUILDER and developer appetites for development sites, especially residential ones, are to be tested in several late, and significant, 2018 Cork city and suburban sales.

This small, but charming, terraced home is cheap and cheerful, says Trish Dromey.

This large family home has some stunning features that lift it out of the ordinary, writes Tommy Barker

Cork city and suburban housing development was never really known for diversity and the broadest range of house types: it’s been pretty much repetitive designs and semi-ds aplenty, for decades, to be honest.

This terraced home is packed full of character but without the hassle of needing to be renovated

"WE DOWNSIZED too early,” quip the owners of 6 Lisin, a high-end, first floor super comfortable two-bed apartment, in this niche development of just a dozen units along Cork city’s Strawberry Hill.

You won’t be caught for space at 38 Richmond Wood. But you might be caught for time, if viewing at today’s 4-4.30 open viewing slot, via agents Sherry FitzGerald. 

As a spacious, modern, well-maintained, energy-efficient, four-bed semi located within six kilometers of Cork city centre, No 35, Crawford Woods, Church Hill in Glanmire will tick a lot of boxes for a trade-up buyer. 

There’s always been an arty, academic, and literary vibe to the St Luke’s Cross hillside, within a steep uphill stride of Cork city centre. Auburn Villas atop of Gardiner’s Hill personifies that mix.

Open viewings have just started at this stone-fronted three-bed end of terrace property at 4 River Lane, off Blarney Street in Cork city.

About 10 miles from the city, Gortnalee’s on a road with lots of one-off bungalow homes, so doesn’t in any way feel remote.

 

Tommy Barker admires a home that’s been enjoying a southerly vista for 200 years.

Zones and assorted levels within and without, for full-on family activity, characterise the large and accommodating family home at 7, The Avenue, in a cul de sac section of the popular Castlejane development in Cork’s Glanmire suburb.

Over €5 million could be netted from the sale by auction next month of more than 25 mixed lots in a DTZ/Sherry FitzGerald auction that includes a former city pub, a former suburban Douglas shop, and bundles of apartments, aimed primarily at investors.

THANKS to the big, west-facing back garden, and a sunny corner site, there’s scope to add to the end-terrace two-bed home at 68 Knockpogue Avenue. 

Beamier at the back than it is wide at the front is the four-bed, detached family home 36 Cois Chuain, on the edge of the Lane Builders development on the south-facing hills above Glounthaune, a short drive or train spin east of Cork City.

First time buyers, investors and downsizers should be interested in this well maintained Lovers Walk apartment, says Trish Dromey. 

High-end Ros Na Laoi gives a different interpretation to the expression ‘builder’s finish,’ says Tommy Barker.

€135,000 Shandon St house has ground-floor shop, says Tommy Barker.

This three-bed semi at 50 Murmount Road in Montenotte is catching the attention of first time buyers.

There’s room for families to spread out in the detached homes at Cork’s Chestnut Meadows, a scheme facing around a green, above Glyntown in the Glanmire area.

This detached three-bedroom family home on Little Island should make for a good catch for first-time buyers, writes Trish Dromey.

Trish Dromey says Woodbrook semi-d is open to viewings, and well worth a look-see.    

Tommy Barker says this four bedroomed period home has city centre convenience and plenty of character.

THE pleasures of 1 Glencrea far outweigh any perceived small drawbacks — on charm grounds alone, this Gardiner’s Hill house is off to a good start.