Whopper of a home has best of everything

THERE’LL be a battle of the burghers and the upwardly mobile for this tasty property with water frontage, at Bayswater, in Cork.

Burger-stalwarts McDonald’s might be dropping their super-size meals, but the best of new Irish houses keep getting bigger and bigger - they’re Whoppers, to lift a description from rivals Burger King.

Tempting and large, this recently built home is one of six (probably the biggest) substantial family homes just outside Carrigaline in Co Cork, along the Currabinny road.

No 4 Bayswater is a 3,700 sq ft house, with unstinting specifications and is meticulously built, all on a site of three-quarters of an acres. It’s price guided at over €900,000 by Hamilton Osborne King.

It is an easy house to enlarge further should a new family in occupation need even more space, with 600 sq ft of readily converted space, notes Peter Cave of HOK.

It has a range of ground floor living space, starting from the front lobby and inner hall (with welcoming fireplace) via double oak doors, taking in double-sized living and dining rooms. The living room has French doors to a south-facing deck and a granite fireplace. There’s also a study and a family room, each with beech flooring .

The kitchen has maple units, granite worktops, island unit and sliding doors to the back garden. The utility also has maple units.

The staircase is oak and of the five bedrooms on the first floor level, two have en suite bathrooms.

The master suite has balcony access, a dressing room with wardrobes in ash, and the private bathroom has both a Jacuzzi and separate shower.

The second bedroom also has access to a balcony and this room and bedroom number three each have ash fitted wardrobes, recessed lighting and en suite bathrooms, while bedroom five has a maple floor and wardrobes in ash.

The landing also has a shower room and a storage press and a further oak staircase leads to the convertible attic level.

The house has gas-fired underfloor electric heating and a virtually maintenance-free exterior, while the extensive grounds have landscaping and lawns, a double garage, cobble-lock drive and remote control entrance gates with intercom.