Moderate price tag for superb Rochestown home

JAMESMOUNT is a scheme of large, detached houses in Upper Rochestown in Cork built on the grounds of Jamesmount House. It’s close to the grounds of Garryduff Sports Centre and five minutes from the link road — a great location in the southern suburbs.

15 Jamesmount has just hit the market with Jeremy Murphy of Jeremy Murphy and Associates and carries a €890,000 price tag.

That’s a low enough pitch considering the selling points — house size, site size and location.

There’s a very intelligent use of space by architect Richard Rainey, with a good layout in the living rooms. This is a house of 2,500 square feet and yet it feels like more.

The property is in superb condition and it’s tastefully finished with some top-quality fittings, like the chestnut kitchen and solid maple floors on the ground level.

The main living room has a sun room extension, with apex-high ceilings and the centrepiece is a modern, but minimal slate and limestone fireplace.

A door connects through to the kitchen area, which combines three living areas. Again, there is a sunroom extension with a drop in floor level. The kitchen is wrapped around one side of the room and comes with black granite worktop and a huge island. It also has an attached utility. There are French doors from the sunroom end of the kitchen/dining/ living areas. The floor in this area is tiled and there is underfloor heating on the ground floor.

There’s a zoned radiator system upstairs and the extra floor at roof level makes for large bedrooms. Floor 1 has a generous master suite, with power shower and walk-in wardrobes and there are two other double rooms at this level, with a main bathroom.

The half landing is big enough to function as a study, or library and bedrooms four and five share a very large bathroom with free-standing Victorian bath. Two of the double bedrooms come with good-quality built-ins and a walk-in hot press is also included on the top floor.

Garden-wise, the hard work is done with a patio at the back and a cobble-lock driveway in front.