Residence sure to draw interest

Tommy Barker

The off-Church Road address in Cork’s Blackrock suburbs makes for the promise of good interest.

Then, throw in the fact that this house has been extended to 2,500 sq ft, with two more bedrooms added to bring the total to six bedrooms, and the viewing demand can be confidently forecast by Ann O’Mahony of Sherry FitzGerald.

She is seeking over €730,000 for the detached family home.

Though the facades will never qualify as lovely, these houses are prized for location and space. No 21 backs on to the old Barnstead House, in this quiet estate off Church Road, and gardens all around are mature and well bedded down in the three or four decades since these homes were first constructed.

It has grown in lots of directions, including an attic conversion taking it upwards. There’s a sunroom by the entrance, leading to a reception hall, and the house has a conservatory behind, there’s a large living room and dining area with fireplace, a kitchen/breakfast room, guest WC and utility, and French doors lead to the conservatory from both the dining area and from a family room.

The first floor houses four double bedrooms, with a shower room en suite, as well as a main bathroom, and the attic has two bedrooms with Velux windows. No 21 has gas central heating and double glazing, private back gardens and patio.