A new chapter

GO a mile off Cork’s city’s ring road network at Rochestown, and home hunters may find a scheme where the developers have gone the extra mile.

The standard of fit-out, finish and specification continues to rise in new developments across the country, with the just launched Estuary Court and Mews a clear case in point - though the downside for buyers is that the product isn’t cheap.

This niche scheme of 27 apartments and 10 townhouses, on the grounds of the old Norwood Court Hotel/Havisham House Hotel, has prices starting from €290,000 for a two-bed ground floor apartments of 824 sq ft, rising to the mid €330,000 and €340,000 for 875 sq ft units with bay windows, and up to €415,000 €415,000 for a penthouse of 1,011 sq ft - with a portion of this square footage given over to a third floor outdoor balcony area.