Grand opportunity close to the centre of things

OPPOSITE ends of the spectrum — having sold Woodlawn in Sunday’s Well for over €5 million in the summer (a new Cork city residential record) estate agent Hugh McPhillips of Marsh’s has another rarity on his books, a total do-er upper, yet one also in the multi-million euro league.

Woodlawn and its gardens was done up to the nth degree, not so Rosenheim, which is set on more than an acre along the Blackrock Road.

Rosenheim is not a pretty picture, but give it a bit more time, love and a lot of money. It has seen out the last 185 years of its history and is hungry for more.