Summerstown and the living is easy with a one-bedroom apartment

A BROADLY similar house in Cork’s Summerstown recently made €545,000; now along comes No 5 Summerstown Avenue with a €520,000 guide, and a one-bedroom side apartment, with kitchen/living and shower room.

The apartment is readymade for a potential owner seeking a rent-a-room additional income, or for keeping an eye on an older or younger family member, while the house is a three-bed semi with style.

It is for sale by its house-proud, woman owner who has kept it up to speed to today’s buyers wishes, and because of its proximity to UCC, CIT and the Wilton Shopping Centre as well as services like schools and shops, it is going to be a swift seller, Ann O’Mahony of Sherry FitzGerald predicts.

Its changes mean it can be bought as a family home, investment, or mix of both, and the apartment, left of the hall, could easily be incorporated into the main house.

As it stands, the full house has 1,650 sq ft of space. Its entry hall, beyond a tiled porch, has its original solid oak floor; a guest loo off; a lounge with French oak floor and an open fireplace, extended kitchen/breakfast room with overhead roof lights, and integrated appliances. The floor here is a porcelain tile, and there’s a seating area with convenient gas-fuelled fireplace.

There’s also a family room, arched to a dining room, with larch floor.

There is a Stanley stove and French doors to a cobbled patio area, with easy-keep graveled garden, some featuring Liscannor stone, landscaping with shrubs beyond, and a storage shed.

Overhead are three bedrooms, two of them doubles, one with a fireplace, and the main bathroom has a shower over the bath.