This house has all the right looks

FANCY a house with the interior design homework all done?

The vendor of 8, Rhodaville Estate between the two Douglas Roads in Cork city is studying interior design, and the house clearly was a pet project that could get her an honours grade.

On the market with Timothy Sullivan, it has already gone over its €300,000 guide, hitting €312,000 this week, with viewers impressed by the neutral, assured decor and the attractive back garden with patio and old stone wall as its boundary divide and mature trees in the neighbouring property forming a distant screen.

The entrance hall alone makes a decorative or well-dressed statement, and this continues up the stairwell to the landing.

The layout of this post-war three bed semi is quite conventional, with twin linked reception roms with wood floors and a cast-iron fireplace in the sitting room, kitchen is behind with fitted units, and the first floor bathroom has a shower and sink, with separate WC.

Rhodaville estate links the two busy Douglas roads, and is opposite the landmark Briar Rose pub where a new mixed commercial development in including medical surgeries in under advanced construction.

Schools are good in the area, there’s a choice of bus routes, the city centre is an energetic trot and Douglas village is an easier stroll away, while being in ‘inner’ Douglas means residents cut out a lot of the increasingly problematic Douglas village traffic snarls.

No 8 in Rhodaville has oil heating, an alarm, and the sale includes good carpets and curtains.