Five-bed detached in great city location is a sure fire seller

TWO years' work, renovations and extension, and three happy years residence since, have gone into Vondel, a detached home on the Blackrock Road in Cork.

Just up for sale and in fine fettle after its architect-driven make-over, it carries a €750,000 price guide with estate agent Timothy Sullivan.

It is a sure-fire seller, on location grounds firstly, at the city end of the Blackrock Road opposite Crab Lane, and secondly with the high quality of the work done on it.

Vondel comes to the market with 2,000 sq ft of space with five bedrooms and three reception rooms plus kitchen/dining.

There's a scarcity of such good trading up homes in the Blackrock area: other contenders currently on the market include a detached home in Janeville under offer with Lisney at around €675,000, and No 5 Menloe Park, a five-bed on offer with HOK for about €615,000.

Architect involved in the individually-made over and closer-to-town Vondel was Jack Coughlan, who brought light into the new wing of this extended 1930s home. Most rooms in the new section have windows on at least two walls, and some rooms have wrap-around corner windows as well.

The site is quite private, with the bulk of the gardens to the west, an ideal aspect for evening family use.

Thanks to the extra space, Vondel has a particularly spacious master bedroom, with en suite and dressing room, and the living quarters include sitting room with old fireplace, and French doors to the patio and garden, a dining room, the TV room/lounge also has a fireplace, and the almost 20' by 11' kitchen cum breakfast room has fitted units in beech. There's also a utility room, guest WC and wash room, and a hall with terrazzo floor, and most of the original part of the residence has restored wood floors.

Vondel has double glazing, gas central heating, and mature gardens.