Bun Glaise scheme pitched at right price

THE price is “just shy of €300,000” say the selling agents for a new Ballyvourney Gaeltacht area scheme of 14 new semis. But, at €299,500 a pop, the level is so close to ‘shy’ of that figure it is almost blushworthy.

Due to be completed by St Patrick’s Day, the new 1,250 sq ft homes near the Cork-Kerry border are being built by John F Supple Ltd, the long-established contracting firm, in one of their first residential forays west of the city.

Its compact Ballyvourney scheme Bun Glaise (the foot of the hill) has 14 three-bed semis with scope to add a further 300 sq ft in the tall pitched attic roof space, thanks to a design by Coughlan DeKeyser architects.

The timber frame homes, with part-stone front facades, have bay windows and a good electrical spec. Three of the 14 are sold, according to Alan Browne of Murray Browne auctioneers in Cork, now with a second office in fast-developing Macroom called Murray Browne Mulcahy.

He says buying interest is coming mostly from the location and Macroom itself. “since the Ballincollig by-pass opened up a year ago, prices have jumped up quite a bit in Macroom”.