If you want privacy try this suburban townhouse in a gated development

WHEN Chatsworth was launched in 2002, the townhouses in this mixed scheme were selling off the plans for €235,000.

Now the first resale of this development is on the market for €350,000 a jump of €115,000 in less than three years.

And the present price guide is fairly average for an upmarket, three-bed in the Douglas area of Cork, especially when you take into account that Chatsworth is a gated estate with a small courtyard of houses and apartments.

Running over three storeys, number 10 has a tasteful, modern decor and appears hardly lived-in, according to selling agent, Terence O'Leary of O'Mahony Walsh Property Partners.

It's located at the lower end of Donnybrook Hill and is just a walk to the village, with private parking to the front of the house.

There are just 10 of three-storey townhouses and six apartments behind high stone walls.

The layout of number 10 means there is a full suite on floor two, with great views and two other bedrooms (one with balcony) and a bathroom on floor one.

The main living room is at ground floor level and measures 19' by 16', is L-shaped and includes a sandstone fireplace, timber floors and has a patio door to a large, private back garden.

The kitchen is fitted in Shaker-style and the house is finished to a very high standard.