City terraced home boasts elevated views

YOU can remain aloof aloft at Ard Alainn. Not only is the Victorian terrace above Cork city at St Luke’s Cross, it is also set above the old suburban road that makes it a downhill whizz to the centre of town.

Following a sale agreed on no 4 last week, another of the elevated terraced homes here is currently up for sale, with €360,000 again the price threshold for entry to such lofty living, through Sherry FitzGerald and Property Choice.

It is a location for the fit and the upwardly mobile, in physical terms at least: less than a mile from the city centre, it is an uphill climb all the way home. And, when you get to St Luke’s Cross, you have steps to climb to the terraced homes, three floors in each house - and a garden out the back which climbs even higher again.