Choice of two Blackwater valley properties

THE top of the property ladder is usually reached with the purchase of a four- to five-bed, detached house, and, right now, buyers in Cork’s Blackwater valley can look over two properties in that category.

The larger of the two is on the market with Edward O’Donnell of Property Team Twomey and is located at Barry’s Boreen in Fermoy.

With a guide price of €550,000, no 15 Woodlands Park is a multi-gabled house on a large site which comes with two of its four bedrooms en suite.

The house is still only 30 minutes from Cork city and has a lot to offer the buyer looking for a family home, Mr Twomey says.

Living rooms include a formal sitting room and an open-plan, kitchen/dining/living area with access to a large sunroom projection.

Also included on the ground floor are a utility room, guest bathroom and en suite bedroom. Overhead is the master suite and two more bedrooms, along with a main bathroom. The house also comes with a detached garage and is within walking distance of Fermoy.

No 21 Ard Abhainn is a detached dormer in a low-density estate of house close to the village of in Ballyhooley, Co Cork.

The house is a walk to all the local amenities, says selling agent, Conor Lynch of Property Partners Dick Barry and Sons, and is within a quick commute of Cork city.

On the market at €360,000, the house is ready to move into (it’s empty at the moment). It has good fittings like oak floors, porcelain tiles and cast iron fireplace, as well as a country cream kitchen with appliances. Rooms include a living room, kitchen/dining room, utility, dining room, and ground floor, en suite bedroom.

Overhead are three more bedrooms and a main bathroom.

The house stands on a good, fully walled-in site, and has oil heating.