Charming older style three-storey on hillside setting

IT’s big, it’s private, it’s only an uphill trek from Cork city centre — and it has got a site alongside with outline planing permission for a detached bungalow as a bonus.

Up for sale once more after being withdrawn from the market last year is 3 Willmount, an older style semi-detached three storey house off Gardiner’s Hill in St Luke’s Cross.

Valerie Parkes of Sherry FitzGerald sought €325,000 for the property, but the first offer this week came in at over €360,000. She reckons that the site alone is worth about €125,000.

The vendor is keen to sell in one lot, and viewers to date are most interested in the main house “and see the site as an added bonus”.

The house itself has the charm of age, and a new owner will want to work with this while making some decorative improvements.

It has over 1,600 sq ft of space, which includes a pitched roof porch entrance, living room, family room or dining room, both withfireplaces.

There’s a kitchen/breakfast room, utility, three first floor bedrooms, with the main room a double, bathroom and two attic-level rooms as well.

Willmount has just three or four houses in a private cul de sac.

No 3 has oil heating, double glazing behind and sash windows in front, a detached garage and large driveway, front and back gardens and the adjoining site is about one-eighth of an acre, with outline permission in place for a detached, split level four-bed bungalow.