Take a stroll down the Avenue for plenty of space and great location

THERE are a lot of subtle differences in the mid-1990s development of Rockfield in Blackrock, Cork.

While superficially similar in terms of finishes, there’s a gradation of three and four-bed options, and one of the bigger, 3, The Avenue, is now for sale.

It is a four-bed semi, one of four houses (two three-bed semis, and two four-beds) out on the front of the development, located on the popular Church Road, with ease of access to Blackrock village, schools, the city centre, and to Mahon’s burgeoning amenities and employment sites.

No 3 is about 1,500 sq ft in size, thanks to its garage conversion, notes estate agent Timothy Sullivan, and has a westerly aspect with a walled-in garden with patio.

The buying profile is expected to be both traders up and traders down, but it is out of the price reach of most first-time buyers with its asking price of €575,000.

It is ready to move into, being sold by it owners who now live much of the year in France, and who are trading down locally, to a city-centre apartment as their Cork home base.

No 3, The Avenue, has an entrance hall, a 15’ by 12’ sitting room, with double doors to a 12’ by 11’ dining room, which has rear patio access and which lends the property a nice flow of space.

There is also a TV/family room, a kitchen/breakfast room with built-ins, a utility area and a guest WC.

Overhead are four bedrooms, with master bedroom en suite, main bathroom and a pull-down stairs to the floored attic level.

It is an easy-keep option, with off-street parking, lots of hard-surface landscaping and old railway sleepers, a Barna shed, and heating is gas, with double glazing.