Big house is just what the doctor ordered

THE scalpels will be out in force when the bidding starts on Firdoshi, a big and beguiling family home right on the back door of the Cork University Hospital.

With impeccable, but accidental timing, this five-bed home four doors away from the rear entrance to the CUH arrives on the property market in the spring selling season, just as a raft of medical consultant appointments are due to be taken up at the adjacent hospital. Even bookies will calculate the odds that it will be picked off by a medic, but other prospective buyers could give them a run for their money.

The ’30s-built detached house of 2,500 sq ft on Bishopstown Avenue is listed with Sheila O’Flynn and Ann O’Mahony of Sherry FitzGerald, who guide it at €1.4 million.