Site or house in Douglas?

WHICH do you want, house or site? A four-bed semi in leafy Limetrees Road in Cork’s Maryborough, carries a €580,000 asking price, is likely to be extended but, the selling agent has a site around the corner for roughly the same money as a re-done 25 Limetrees Road might cost.

Dennis Guerin of Frank V Murphy and Co is busy in this Douglas hinterland. He has a 0.2 acre site close to Douglas village, by the corner of Limetrees and Maryborough Hill, seeking €800,000 and under early offer at €750,000. It has full planning permission for a 3,500 sq ft detached house.

An easier bite would be the semi-detached house at 25 Limetrees Road with two reception rooms, kitchen, four overhead bedrooms and main bathroom.