Mature property has a lot to offer

YOU often get more bang for your buck buying into older estates, especially when new developments are steam-rolling along nearby, and a case in point is 19 Upper Kensington in Cork city’s Clarke’s Hill.

The four-bedroom Rochestown house is for sale with Sarah Moloney of DNG Harris in nearby Douglas, who guides it at €495,000 — not bad at all for a brick-faced 1,800 sq ft home, which was built in the 1970s but has gone through a fairly thorough upgrade in the past few years.

The family owners are selling because commuting back and forth to London has taken its toll. They say the area is very quiet and settled, with a number of original families still in situ from the development’s early days.