Garden delights add to appeal of The Lawns home

THERE’S been almost as much attention paid to the gardens as to the inside of this house, so perhaps it is appropriate that its address is The Lawn.

Up for sale with a €675,000 price guide is 1, The Lawns, a development of 12 detached houses in Moneygourney on the outer stretches of Douglas and Rochestown in Cork.

The house in question is a large-ish four-bed dormer home, with three first floor bedrooms (one en suite) and a fourth is at ground level next to a bathroom.

Built in the 1990s, it's a comfortably finished family home, with its two main reception rooms interconnecting. The 18' by 14' sitting room has a carpeted floor, white marble fireplace and has a bay window to the front of the house beside the entrance door, while off to the back via an archway is the dining room with a solid ash floor.

Also to the back of the house is a kitchen with oak units and a dining space. Off the kitchen area is a family room, with a maple floor and a pine and cast iron fireplace, while there's also a ground floor utility room and a guest WC with shower.

Donal Cronin of Thomas J O'Driscoll Auctioneers is selling the trading-up home, on a fifth of an acre reached off the top of Maryborough Hill, near Garryduff.

The gardens are landscaped and packed with shrubs and fringed with mature trees, while dividing walls are screened with ivy. And, yes, there's even a lawn.

The front drive is brick-paved, blending with the house's front facade, while a low stone wall marks the boundary. Security is provided for with alarm, and sensor lighting and camera.