New apartments are just right for Santa’s sack

THORNHILL is probably the last Cork city centre offering of 2005 - and will probably be wrapped up for Christmas.

Just 18 apartments are being delivered to this Ballinlough Road, southside address, are expected to sell quickly and once unwrapped will be a gift that goes on giving.

Very well finished, the standard of the 18 units won’t disappoint the recipients. Some have private gardens, others have deep, usable roof-top balconies, and all are securely presented, on a one-acre site beside a public park.

Visible from here, across the park, is the Hegarty apartments scheme, The Willows, on Boreenmanna Road which sold in jig time: Peter Cave of Hamilton Osborne King predicts the same take-up for this offering of 18 apartments.

Twelve are two-bed units, of 700 to 800 sq ft, and six are large one/two-beds, with the second bedroom potential on the mezzanine level of these brick-faced/three/four floor buildings.

Prices for first-floor two-beds are €365,000, garden units are €375/380/385,000, and the top floor ones with double height living spaces, mezzanine and balconies are €385,000. The mezzanines can be used for guest bed use (futons and sofa beds) but there’s also scope in future to extend across the void to add further floor area.