Looking for a family-size home overlooking the river?

A SOLID, family-sized 1930s house, looking south over the River Lee just on the eastern approach to Cork city, is for sale, carrying a price guide of €300,000.

No 4, The Acre, is in Tivoli, just above the Glanmire Road and the recently created Port of Cork Millennium Park.

To this particular acre there are just six houses, all designed by Col Buchan who did a number of quality Cork homes in the 1930s and '40s and built by Hills.

They are semi-detached, with architectural features reflecting the era in which they were built.

Estate agent T J Cronin of Irish and European says no 4 will make an ideal family home, within a few minutes' of the city centre.

The aspect is full southerly, looking across the river towards Pairc Ui Chaoimh and the Marina, with the former main East Cork/Dublin road (now quietened down since the tunnel opened), and a garage between these hillside houses and the river.

This house has a high front gable and double heightbay window for its lounge and main bedroom, with two main reception rooms plus a breakfast room, kitchen and hall, all at ground level.

The first floor has four bedrooms, three of which are doubles. There's a separate WC and main bathroom, and the house has gas central heating, sash style windows and mains services. Gardens front and rear are terraced. There are steps from parking up to the front door, and there is a store house to the rear.