Pristine property on market

HAVING a dad an architect paid dividends for the owner of No 1 Castlehill in Cork’s Carrigaline.

Set just inside the quiet estate of the old Ringaskiddy road and the Currabinny Road, within a short few minutes walk of the town, the front facade doesn’t give much of a clue as to just how much space it has, or how well it is used. And only a visit shows how comfortable and well-kept it is, adds selling agent Michael McKenna.

The pristine family home is slender to the front, with an east keep dash and brick facade, but it deepens out to the back to its bright, sunny and open living room with a southerly aspect, and there’s access to a quality decked area and walled-in front garden.

That living room is 21’ by 13’, with an oak floor, a wood fireplace and lots of glazing, on two walls. Light comes into the kitchen via an overhead skylight, there’s a new plush bathroom, with Jacuzzi bath (“I always wanted to have a great bathroom, it is just gone in, and now we are leaving,” the vendor notes ruefully), and the main bedroom has an en suite bathroom. The other three bedrooms have laminate wood flooring, while the hall has expensive Amtico flooring.

McKenna O’Donoghue Clarke estate agents seek offers over €380,000, which leaves it within reach of some first-time buyers, while its four rooms leave scope for others trading from a three-bed semi.