Former mill manager’s cottage benefits from tender loving care

TENDER loving care has been latterly lavished on 7 Grange Terrace, which is a few hundred yards above the west village in Douglas, Cork.

The 19th century terraced cottage is part of a row of homes originally built for people working in the nearby woollen mills, and the extra space granted to no 7 indicates that it was home to one of the mill managers.

It was bought three years ago by a woman from the UK, and is back for sale as she is returning to her grown-up family in London.

The pretty, two-storey period home, with a €320,000-plus price tag with Ann O’Mahony of Sherry FitzGerald, is in walk-in condition, and is bright, tasty and an appealing buy for singles, couples or perhaps, at a pinch, a small family.

It has two first floor bedrooms, with beams and sloping ceilings adding character, and there’s an option of a third bedroom at ground level.

Extended out the back, high quality, smooth-sliding patio doors really help to bring in the views of the walled-in private and secure back gardens.

The vendor brought extra light into this home by installing new, uncluttered glazing units and partially glazed internal doors, and painting the whole place almond white, which helped to visually push back the walls so you can appreciate the circa 1,100 sq ft of living space.

With its ease of access (Douglas is a few minutes’ walk away, there’s a new bus priority green route across the road, and there’s a parking spot by the front garden wall) and its south-facing back garden, “this home is hard to beat in terms of the generosity of space and light”, says Ms O’Mahony.

Features of this easy-to-live-in house include the airy, welcoming hall, the twin-linked reception rooms, and third, optional-use ground floor room, smart garden and sheltered patio - and the fact the place needs no further attention.

The sale includes carpets, curtains and blinds, and much of the well-suited furniture can also be bought.