Period perfection means it’s time to meet your Waterloo

THERE are great, big inner city houses and then there are houses like this one, at 3, Waterloo Place, Cork that combine a brilliant location, a period property and manageability all in one.

Big, old houses are wonderful and their huge rooms and large spaces can bring serenity, even in the busiest of cities. However, old houses are expensive and need upkeep, apart from heating, painting and filling the larger spaces involved.

Here at number three, it’s a different story because, despite being a venerable, old property, this is a house of manageable proportions which still has period grandeur.