Bungalow on city’s edge

A FULLY updated bungalow, on a third of an acre site just west of Cork city, is up for sale with a €340,000 price guide.

It is between the Bishopscourt Dunnes Stores centre and the Viaduct, where the city’s spread was halted by tight zoning and where planning permissions are scarce as hen’s teeth.

A couple of decades old, this bungalow is by the start of Maher’s Lane, a narrow road linking the main Bandon road to Spur Hill, and along this stretch are a handful of million euro homes on sites of several acres. The walls have been recently insulated into the cavity, the attic is insulated, and the updating includes PVC double glazing and oil central heating.

Chetwynd has about 2,000 sq ft of space, with five ground floor bedrooms, and open attic level bedroom with Stira access. There is also a sitting room/dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, and bathroom. The house faces north west, so the back is south facing and sunny. The grounds are mature, with monkey puzzle, cordyline, and palms, and the house is just in off the road and above it, with electronic controlled access gates and a pedestrian gate at the entrance.

PJ Fitzpatrick of new firm Butler & Fitzpatrick have the sale.