Your chance to buy townhouse in expanding village near city

CORK County Council’s policy of bolstering existing select villages with services with an influx of new housing is especially evident in Ballygarvan.

The valley village has its ‘floor’ carpeted with new homes which have more than doubled the population in the last few years.

Balygarvan is a couple of miles from the airport gates and about five miles from Cork city, and is on a handy back road from the harbour/Carrigaline to West Cork. In other words, though you don’t have to go through it, you might be glad that you can.

The Gleann Alainn scheme of over 100 homes by Bride View Developments is now finished out, with just a few commercial units left to be taken up, and so chances to move in come along only when house re-sales crop up.

Recently built, and well finished out and decorated inside with neutral colours is 32 Glean Alainn, a three-bed townhouse of about 1,070 sq ft, priced at €255,000 by agents Sherry FitzGerald in Cork city.

It is in a cul-de-sac section, and accommodation off the long entrance hall includes a lounge with cast iron fireplace, with a gas-insert fire and bay window, kitchen/dining room part-tile and part pine, with pine units and a patio door to a back garden.

There’s a guest WC off the hall, and overhead the master bedroom has an en suite bathroom and a bay window, and an electric shower. There are two other bedrooms, plus well-tiled main bathroom.

The back garden is compact and private, with Barna shed and a side entrance.

The convenient location, so close to the city and with new shop, two pubs, church, national school and school bus all to hand, makes for a ready-made village life-style in a recenlty built comfortable home, say Sherry FitzGerald.