Mature period home close to city centre

THERE will be chequebooks in hand and queues to the doors at 4 Fernwood, a mid-terraced and manageable mature period-style home on the Douglas Road in Cork - just a mile from the city centre.

The 100-year-old house hits the market with a €310,000-plus price guide signalled by agent Jarlath Boyd of Hamilton Osborne King. But, realistically, buyers should expect it to be sailing past the €318,000 stamp duty threshold and into the mid-€300,000’s region.

Decorated with an artistic flair and in good overall condition, the house has original features and polished wood floors, with a large open and airy attic room as a lofty eyrie: to the back, it looks out to the city’s southern hilly fringes and over the Nemo Rangers GAA grounds - which are set for a major residential planning application in the coming weeks with Fleming Construction.

And, while 4 Fernwood faces onto the Douglas road near the Belair junction (with on-street residents’ parking only,) there’s a south-facing back garden as well with shed.

There’s an old feel to the entrance hallway, with a stained glass fanlight and double doors into a family room. Next off the hall is a second reception room, with cast iron fireplace, and this room opens to the kitchen/dining space to the rear which has exposed brick walls and beams, units in pitch pine and there is garden access via patio doors.

There’s a very good bathroom on the first floor return with corner bath and shower, the first floor proper has a bedroom with access to a study or nursery/child’s room, second bedroom (both bedrooms have blocked up fireplaces) and a further staircase goes on to the top floor, with exposed beams and Velux.

An adjoining house, also terraced, is on the market and under offer at over €310,000 with agent James Coughlan, and that neighbouring property has as a benefit rear garden access via a laneway and planning permission for a garage.