Showhouse showtime

IT’S Showtime. Lucky for some, 13 former showhouses in new developments in Cork totalling 1,384 new homes hit the market next week in a sell-off of ready to go houses.

With new phases at Mount Oval Village in Rochestown coming on stream and new contemporary showhouses needed, seven fully furnished show units there are up for grabs, as well as showhouses that have done the selling business for developers O'Flynn Construction in Marwood, Glanmire, and Old Court, Greenfields on the Killumney Road.

Prices range from E250,000 to E550,000, and buyers get turnkey houses in finished phases, with landscaped gardens, neighbours all moved in and, importantly, free of stamp duty costs. They are an easy buy, and there's always a steady stream of takers for such easy purchases even if the marginal downside is that thousands of people have been through the front door before youof what may become your private home.