Here comes the sun

SUNVILLE is a house that will leave almost any other in the shade.

The period home with a modern take, and award-winning extension, is on Wellington Road at St Luke’s Cross overlooking Cork city, the Lee and the Marina, but is screened behind high walls and private entrances.

In every sense, it is a hidden treasure, deserving of superlatives and accolades. There’s little doubt it is one of the very finest houses around, and it can compared with its rivals in any other Irish city. So its €1.8 million guide price may, in reality, only be a starting point when the really big guns come out all bids ablaze.