Standing to attention on the hill

OVER 70 viewings in a little over a week: you’d think No 1 Mount Vernon was some swanky, must-have pile. But, it’s not. Not yet at least.

It is potential, pure and simple, plus period status and a good location as well.

The three-storey end of terrace house on Cork’s Military Hill above Wellington Road has a €395,000 asking price with Sherry FitzGerald, and estate agent Michael O’Donovan reckons that there’s a further €200,000 to be spent on it.