Home is where the hearth is

THE vendors of 3, St Joseph's Villas in Cork's Gardiner's Hill had grate expectations they hauled two fireplaces from New Zealand to Ireland to keep house and hearth together.

They brought carved timber fireplaces from one side of the world to the other in the late 1990s, and now with the work accomplished haven't the heart to take the Antipodean handiworks back out again.

So, they are just some of the distinctive features of the terraced, period style city house which also has an inviting patio area behind for summer outdoor living, Kiwi-style.