Convenience the selling point for bright, spacious Bishopstown semi

WELL-proportioned, bright and spacious, says the brochure, and you can’t disagree with it.

In fact, with a house that’s stripped down to bare walls and clear floors as this one is, you get a very good view of what’s on offer.

Fresh to the market this week, this four-bed semi is at 2, Bishopscourt Way in Bishopstown, Cork.

This is about two estates over from the Wilton Shopping Centre with a left-hand turn at the Garda station bringing you to the corner property.

It’s not just location in this case — add the mantra convenience, convenience, convenience.

Everything in the western suburbs is a walk away, including CUH, (just up the road), UCC, (a good brisk 10- minute walk) and the shops are a trolley dash away.

The property itself offers a good trading-up option for families. Historically, those in the Wilton/ Lehenamore suburbs have shown most interest in these inner-Bishopstown houses.

Quiet, suburban but at the centre of things, this area would mean headache-free school runs and being on the spot would certainly help in gaining entry to the suburb’s high-demand secondary schools.

No 2 Bishopscourt Way hasn’t been tinkered around with much, but it has had an upgrade on the important things, such as heating.

The house has a modern, zoned and pressurised system, new PVC windows and brand new carpets on the upper floors and part of the lower level.

The entire house is painted in neutral colours and the interconnecting reception rooms have been floored in polished oak parquet.

These rooms are unusual in that the chimney breast acts as a break between living and family rooms and there’s a concealed, sliding door that shuts off one from the other, if needed.

The kitchen is set to the rear of the garage, with the former kitchen now used as a separate dining room, but there’s the option to open up this south-facing space into one, big room.

The garage portion functions as a utility and has a side door access to a large, tree-lined corner site. This would give huge scope for an extension, sideways, or upward, without affecting the nicely planted back garden. The front garden has been cut back to give more parking, but still has a nice shrub bed.

The guide price for all of this is €590,000 through Malcolm Tyrrell of Cohalan Downing and Associates.