Sky’s the limit with this well-placed four-bed home

A HARD house to get a full picture of, Harbour Lights is one of those homes crying out for an aerial photograph — so it’s just as well that it is located right by Cork’s burgeoning airport.

'Bungalow' is probably too small a word for it: it is a 2,500 sq ft house that seems to grow physically as you walk around, while the internal quality and comfort to be had grows on you as well.

Set up on top of the airport hill at Rathmacullig East, a good locational markert is Harlequins hockey pitches though the notional address is Ballygarvan.

There's a swift back route from Farmers Cross to Douglas/Donnybrook hill, while the new €160 million airport terminal and still-growing Airport Business Park is less than a mile as daredevil crows might fly and it may well supply a new owner for this handily-placed family home, on the market with Jarlath Boyd of Hamilton Osborne King who seeks offers over €600,000.

Harbour Lights gets its name from the city's glow visible from its rear garden, and the house is on a matured site of 0.4 of an acre.

It is pitch-roofed in several distinct sections so that the cumulative effect is of a cluster of pyramids, and the entry is mid-way with a bright conservatory-sized porch, leading to a large 18' by 13' hall with recessed spot lighting.

All of the main room are good-sized, and the accommodation specification takes study, a lounge almost 20' by 20' with sunken seating area, a Parana pine ceiling and a Le Droff fireplace, as well as a sitting/dining room, play room, kitchen/dining room with oak units, utility, main bathroom, and four bedrooms some with built-ins, and the master bedroom has a good ensuite.

The house has double glazing, oil heating, alarm and good overall security measures, plus a garage.