Place: Maryborough Woods

House of the Week: Maryborough Hill, Douglas, Cork - €690,000

SOME houses stand the test of time better than others, and others simply speak honestly of the period when they were built.

Sat, 26 Aug, 2017

WATCH: Bespoke home a real work of art in Douglas

No 1 Berkeley is a suburban showstopper with one-of- a-kind craftsmanship, says Tommy Barker

Sat, 01 Jul, 2017

Trading up: Maryborough Hill, Cork €415,000

Built around 2000, No 15 stretches to a bit over 1,300 sq ft and is guided at €415,000 by selling agent Jeremy Murphy, who says it comes with well-tended gardens as well as an immaculate interior.

Sat, 20 May, 2017

House of the week: Janeville development of 800 homes in Carrigaline, Co. Cork

Builder Stephen McCarthy of Astra Construction has built close on 2,000 houses, mostly around Carrigaline in south Cork since he started the firm in 1985. 

Sat, 08 Apr, 2017

Trading up: Maryborough Hill, Douglas; €295,000

Yewlands “is in one of the best developments in the Douglas area”.

Sat, 18 Mar, 2017

House of the week: Maryborough Hill, Douglas, Cork, €365,000

A family-occupied home since first built in the mid-2000s, it got a considerable upgrade by its long-term owners as recently as 2014, and now it’s trading-up time for the young family. 

Sat, 04 Mar, 2017

Trading up: Maryborough Woods, Douglas, Cork; €360,000

There’s a choice of two, end-of-terrace four-bed homes up in Maryborough Woods in Douglas, Cork.

Sat, 25 Feb, 2017

Trading up: Maryborough, Cork €440,000

Having done its job in presenting and helping to sell the remaining four-bed semis for sale in Cork city’s Maryborough Ridge, the showhouse at 13, Manor Avenue, in the O’Brien and O’Flynn scheme just above Douglas is now up for sale, fully furnished.

Sat, 29 Oct, 2016

22 Augusta Drive back on the market and in excellent order

No 22, Augusta Drive is in the upmarket Maryborough Hill and is of excellent quality, says Tommy Barker.

Sat, 01 Oct, 2016

Three-bed semi on Welwyn Road nice for first-timers

Trish Dromey reports on a three-bed semi in a sought after location.

Sat, 01 Oct, 2016

This penthouse apartment in Douglas is guided at €245,000

TAKING the long view on sales, in more ways than one, is new homes specialist Lawrence Sweeney of Cork’s Savills office.

Sat, 06 Aug, 2016

Development land market steams ahead as almost €350m worth of transactions made

According to the most recent DTZ Sherry FitzGerald development land report, figures for the opening six months of 2016 show strong gains when compared to the same period in 2015.

Thu, 04 Aug, 2016

Starter home: Maryborough, Douglas €245,000

For the right type of buyer (singles, couples or as a starter home?), the mid-terraced and two-bedroomed house 20 Highfield could prove a perfect, snug and easily-tended fit.

Sat, 16 Jul, 2016

Trading Up: Maryborough Hill, Cork, €775,000

Savills had nine houses and apartments to sell for Nama this month at Cork’s Maryborough Woods, expecting quick sales, at prices from €185,000 for a two-bed, to €430,000 for a 2,000 sq ft four-bed semi.

Sat, 11 Jun, 2016

Starter home: Maryborough Woods, Cork €235,000

The Jacuzzi added by the owners is an unexpected bonus in this desirable three-bed apartment in Cork city, writes Trish Dromey.

Sat, 14 May, 2016

Cairn Homes’ Cork sell-off

The arrival for sale of three significant development sites in Cork, worth up to €30 million, sees a further scattering of the spread of sites and assets acquired by the firm Frinailla in the early 2000s, earmarked for developments of between €500m and €1bn.

Thu, 05 May, 2016

Three development packages worth €30m hit the Cork market

Three development sites worth up to €30m have been put for sale in Cork City and suburbs.

Wed, 04 May, 2016

This large, well-kept family home is within a walk of Douglas village and Golf Club

Tommy Barker tees up a spacious family home near Cork’s Douglas Golf Course, with an Augusta address.

Sat, 19 Mar, 2016

Housing shortage 'trickle' sees prices rise for first-time buyers

Supply shortage underpins price rises for first-time buyers, finds Trish Dromey.

Sat, 02 Jan, 2016

€1.2m for Emmet Place Costa Coffee building

STARBUCKS and Nando’s are coming to Cork City’s Emmet Place — and, now, an investment property linked to long-time developer/investor, Robin Power, and which is let to two food operators, is for sale there, priced at €1.2m.

Thu, 11 Jun, 2015

Starter home: Maryborough Woods, Cork €149,000

The chance to get in at ground level, literally, at the apartment blocks at Douglas’s Welwyn Road, up in Maryborough Woods, has come with the sale of No 8.

Sat, 02 May, 2015

Trading up: Maryborough Ridge, Cork €375,000

Hot on the heels of the sales of 10 out of 15 new homes left at Maryborough Ridge comes a family home resale, where a four-bed semi-d at 23 Edgewood, within the outer-Douglas scheme, is guided at €375,000 by Glenn O’Connor of DNG Creedon.

Sat, 18 Apr, 2015

Starter home: Carrs Hill, Cork, €220,000

Modern well-maintained two-bed townhouse is in walk-in condition.

Sat, 07 Feb, 2015

Maryborough, Cork €265,000

Properties at Yewlands in Maryborough Woods are proving a popular choice with trader uppers in Douglas this year. Seven have sold so far and now auctioneer Jeremy Murphy is expecting similar interest in No 49.

Sat, 22 Nov, 2014

Tall semi is high-class

Maryborough, Cork, €385,000

Sat, 09 Aug, 2014

O’Flynn family hit by double blow

A Cork construction dynasty has been rocked by two court petitions, writes Property Editor Tommy Barker

Thu, 31 Jul, 2014

House of the week: Maryborough, Cork €650,000

Size: Sq m 212 (2,290 sq ft)

Sun, 23 Mar, 2014

Trading up: Maryborough, Cork €269,000

Sq m: 115 (1,246 sq ft)

Sat, 09 Nov, 2013

Trading up

We scan a selection of trading up homes from around the country

Sat, 25 May, 2013

The harsh reality of life under British rule

RAYMOND White (April 28) thanks the English for all they gave us, or rather had us build for them, and says we should be grateful that we didn’t have worse overlords like the Spanish, who perhaps may have slaughtered us.

Mon, 02 May, 2011

Quality first in Douglas

YOU’LL get the larger of an agent’s two varied Douglas, Cork offerings at a cheaper rate per square foot.

Sat, 05 Mar, 2011

Four-bed with stunning city views is ideal family home in modern estate

GREAT views of Cork city, especially with lights twinkling at night, come from the rear, bay-windowed dining area of 12 Silverlands, a great detached four-bed home of 2,000 sq ft in Maryborough Woods, Cork.

Sat, 20 Mar, 2010

Ryecroft has planning for extension

CUT down from four-beds to three, to provide better master bedroom (16’ by 14’) facilities, including a big walk-in wardrobe, is 15 Ryecroft, in Cork’s Maryborough Woods.

Sat, 05 Sep, 2009

An urban tree-lined treasure

Tommy Barker on a modern development adorned with ancient limes.

Sat, 23 May, 2009

Early bid for four-bedroom detached property

ALREADY under offer just a couple of weeks after a For Sale sign going up is 12 Greendale, in Cork’s Maryborough Woods development above Douglas.

Sat, 16 May, 2009

It’s a buyer’s market as they’re spoilt for price and sought-after locations

HOUSE buyers are now getting better value — and often better properties in better locations.

Sat, 09 Feb, 2008

Bungalow bliss near Douglas

THE detached bungalow at 5, Ardarrig, just off Carr’s Hill beyond Douglas in Cork, is open to offers around the €420,000 mark, not bad for a detached property on its own grounds, in a quiet setting just a five to 10 minute walk from the suburban village’s services.

Sat, 09 Feb, 2008