Gateway to your own castle

THE tide rises and falls on one side of Castle Road in Cork’s Blackrock, while a short distance behind the €500 million Mahon Point development is expected to bring a rising local economic tide and a surge in property values too.

Built just a couple of years in advance of the expected uplift, and already well settled in, are the homes in the Gate Lodge scheme near to Blackrock Castle and the harbour-fringing amenity walkways.

Up for sale here in Gate Lodge is no 65, a four-bedroomed semi-detached/end of terrace house built only a few years old and very well decorated, according to estate agent Gerard O’Dea of Cohalan Downing.

It was ‘sale agreed’ last summer, though the sale subsequently collapsed, and now the vendors are set to sell again.

Price guide is €285,000-plus, and for this a buyer will get a four-bed home with guest loo (but no en suite), two good reception areas with oak hardwood floors, with the dining room off the kitchen which has oak units and integrated units.

The house has gas heating, double glazing, two garden sheds, alarm and a cul de sac setting.