Old house with Noughty interior

SPANKING new inside and ready to move into, number 39 Sydney Park in Cork is a smasher.

High up over the city and with 180 degree views, houses in this inner city enclave have been passed from generation to generation and when they do come up for sale, attract a line of purpose-buyers.

An estate of mid to post-war houses, just off Patrick’s Hill, the early numbers of the estate show strong domestic revival influence with those on the upper level, such as 39, more in the classic semi style.

And while it may have been built in the 1940s, this house is now primed for the Noughties: there are phone and Sky jacks in every bedroom, heating is by combi-boiler, with pressurised water, all pipes to and from the house are new and the wiring has been redone.

There’s a sleek maple and granite kitchen at the rear and a wet room has been fitted off the hallway. The floors are in thin-strip pitch pine.

Gleaming architraves, landing storage and a smart bathroom with entirely new fittings complete the upper floor and that’s without mentioning the draw of the views from the windows. The ground floor has a bay window to the back and front and both reception rooms interconnect, with sliding doors in between.

Gardens are flooded with south-facing light to the back and front and while these haven’t been tweaked like the rest of the house, there’s something for new owners to get stuck into.

The property is priced at €500,000.