Suburbia just a stroll from the city

JUST off a suburban beaten track, the house St Philomena’s is getting swift market attention.

The detached bungalow, with a €285,000 price guide quoted by Justin McCarthy of Hamilton Osborne King, is on upper Friar’s Road near Turner’s Cross in Cork.

The road is a narrow cul-de-sac off relatively busy Doyle’s Road, and closest proximity markers are probably Deerpark CBS secondary school or the well-kept public park by Tory Top Road in Ballyphehane.

It is a popular mature location, within a 15 minute walk of the city.

The older-style bungalow has a southerly aspect, a concreted front drive and a small back garden.

It has had some recent attention but will probably need some modernising and decorative attention, at least, to make the most of its potential. As it stands, it has two ground level bedrooms and one/two more bedrooms overhead with roof windows to the rear.

There’s a small kitchen, breakfast room, 14’ by 11’ sitting room with bay window, and main bathroom.

There are aluminium windows and sliding patio door enclosing the front porch, and gas heating has been installed.