Rooms with a view

A three-storey terrace high over Cork city has an efficient design with views to the river, the docklands, the suburbs and beyond, writes Tommy Barker.

FIRST time buyers often get the thin end of the wedge in the property market and while 35 Grattan Hill is tall and thin, it packs quite a punch, above its girth in quality.

Just done up from top to toe by the low-key renovation and building team of Shane Wiseman and Shane O’Toole, Number 35 is part of a terrace overlooking Cork city and Horgan’s Quay, where developers Manor Park Homes are expected to finally move on a first planning application by November for a long-awaited development which might include an audacious 35-storey apartment tower. Meanwhile, views from this eyrie also include the glistening River Lee, its waterborne traffic, the docklands and southeastern suburbs.