Three-storey Victorian home with fine period features in Blackrock

TWO-bed penthouses with roof gardens in the grandly-titled Eden scheme in Cork’s Blackrock are priced at €500,000, and four-bed townhouses of 1,750 sq ft are €577,500; so, what price an original three-storey Victorian home across the way?

Well, 1 Ardnalee, a three-storey, four-bed home had an even €500,000 price guide, and has just gone over it in pre-Christmas offers.

Unlike the 550-unit contemporary-styled, and high density Eden homes coming off the building production line on the former Ursuline Convent grounds, the semi-detached/end of terrace 1 Ardnalee has proven its appeal over time. But, a century or so on it now needs the careful ministering hand of new owners to maximise its potential for decades of semi-urban living ahead.