A home that works on so many levels

HAVING agreed a sale of one of the biggest houses in Cork’s Mount Oval Village scheme for a hefty €825,000 after 35 viewings, estate agent Paul Reid of Sherry FitzGerald has a smaller offering just new to the market in the same large development.

Up for sale within the past week is 14 Dewberry, a three-storey, four-bed home built about 18 months ago.

It has a €550,000 price guide, which puts it within reach of an even broader range of aspirational traders-up than the headline-making €800,000-plus sale of number 76.

Number 14, a type C house, has 1,940 sq ft of space in contrast with 76 Dewberry, a type A house which had 3,200 sq ft of space and rose in bidding from its €750,000 guide to be sale agreed at €825,000, a price record for the development.

In recent weeks, a type C show house sold for €560,000, and a type B show house also sold for €670,000, showing strong demand for the larger homes in this 800-unit O'Flynn Construction development with a broad mix of house and apartment styles and sizes.

Facing onto a green area commandeered by games-playing children, number 14 has accommodation over three levels: the top floor space in some similar houses has a fifth bedroom here, but the vendors of No 14 chose instead to make it into a larger 17' by 12' bedroom with a main bathroom alongside. The middle level has three bedrooms, two with en suite bathrooms, and down at entry level there's a guest bathroom, so plumbing needs are well catered for.

Ground level rooms include a study, lounge with high ceilings, coving and cast iron fireplace, and the family living room off the kitchen and down a few steps also has a cast iron fireplace.

The L-shaped kitchen/dining/family room has a south west aspect and French doors, and is very bright, and the kitchen has maple units and built in appliances.

Several of the rooms including the hallway have hardwood floors, while bathrooms and utility are extensively tiled.

Site size is one of the largest of its type, there's a sunny rear patio and cobble lock front drive, and landscaped gardens. The smartly-kept house has gas heating and double glazing.