Split-level residence comes with large site

WHAT’S billed as possibly the first house on the stretch of road to come up for sale in 20 years is going to excite a bit of interest in Cork’s Glounthane/Glanmire area of Lackenroe.

Typified by one-off bungalows built in the 1970s, the easily reached rural hinterland has generous homes on large sites, and most have moved with the times and grown along with the families they have accommodated.

So it is with split-level Glenacre, on great grounds of three-quarters of an acre in Lackenroe - it has its family reared, and in latter years the lower level was ceded to the younger generation, who had a virtually self-contained existence on their own level, only surfacing upstairs for meals from the kitchen.

It has five bedrooms overall, with two bedrooms, a living room, study, bathroom and utility all at the lower ground level.

Overhead, or on the main entry level, this spacious c 2,900 sq ft home has hall, living/dining room with dividing brick arch between the two functions (the house has a slight Spanish layout or feel,) there’s a sun room, main bathroom, and three bedrooms, with the master bedroom en suite.

Estate agent Sasha O’Shea of Harris Properties in Cork seeks over €600,000 for Glenacre.

While Glenacre is clearly older in style, the balance of attraction is the large and mature site, with good garage, lots of parking and patios.