Victorian Upper Park property will suit upwardly mobile buyers

SUITABLE for the upwardly mobile are the Cobh houses at Upper Park.

Victorian in character and lofty in layout, no 4 Upper Park is back up for sale with a €435,000 price guide, and is probably open to offers even at that. The vendors had it briefly on the market last year, withdrew it and now it is available once more, with the recently-added benefit this time around of very efficient zoned oil-fired heating.

The three-storey over-basement home, with exposed stone front, has had windows replaced in front, in Georgian-effect (wrong period, inappropriate material) PVC, while the windows behind have not been changed.

“Inside, the house is still in a very original state though, with lots of stuff to work with. The doors and frames are large and original pine, the flagstones in the kitchen are the size of paving slabs in the street and there’s some lovely marble fireplaces and ceiling roses,” says estate agent Liz Hannon of English and Co in Cobh.

There are four houses in the park-like setting of Upper Park, near Lake Road and with harbour views (no 3 is also for sale, with a just-reduced €480,000 price through Johanna Murphy auctioneer).

English’s offering at €435,000 allows a new owner to put a finishing stamp of this property, and the house is on a site of almost a quarter of an acre, with loads of parking and/or extending room. There’s a mature patio area as well behind, and rooms include six bedrooms, two large south-facing reception rooms, kitchen, and bathrooms at first and second floor level, with three basement rooms as well.