Ready and waiting near the city

DONE up from top to bottom in the last few years, Mount Rivers is a ready made move-in job for anybody in the house-hunting game.

The location is over looking the River Lee at the western end of Sunday’s Well Road, near Wellington Bridge, still a smart walk to Cork city centre and an easy stroll to UCC.

The mid-terraced house is the guts of a century old, but has had more than a cosmetic make-over to freshen it up for a new set of owners. The builders came in and did a gut job and replaced plasterwork, wiring and plumbing, with gas central heating installed, a couple of years ago, while the woman who drove the project adapted the living areas so that the best views are from the living rooms on the ground and first floors.

It is set above the roadway (where there is residents’ parking by permit) with steps up to the house and front patio garden, while there’s a reasonable-sized back garden.

South-facing Mount Rivers can have up to three bedrooms, one on each of its three floors, notes Noelle Morrison auctioneer, who seeks offers over €450,000, and who says bidding may even push a sale closer to the magic €500,000 mark.

The ground level has a living room with fireplace, bathroom (with roll-top bath) and a bedroom behind.

The next level up has another living room to the front, with twin windows overlooking the river, and an arch opening back to a cook’s galley kitchen.

Also to the back is a study/dining room or guest bedroom, which opens to the stepped garden behind.

The top, attic level, has a bedroom, and a shower room.