Rare sale on quiet suburban cul-de-sac

YOU’D hardly know it’s there. Baltimore Lawn is a small cul-de-sac estate off the Douglas road with a very anonymous entrance.

Blink and you’d miss it, almost, as the roadside is now a little dented.

Turn around the corner, however, and you are into a peaceful little green with three and four-bed houses ranged around.

According to selling agent, Malcolm Tyrrell, number 18, Baltimore Lawn is one of the first houses to hit the public market here in 20 years.

And it’s a sweet house, with a tidy, private back garden and interior that’s as neat as a new pin.

A bit dated, perhaps, but you could live here immediately as it comes with oil heating and a perfectly working kitchen. There is great potential here for an extension to the side, (to replace or incorporate the existing garage), or to the rear into the sunny back garden.

Buyers in this location aren’t likely to stint. Sixties in provenance, these houses are good and solid and offer bright rooms with picture windows. This house has a lounge, dining room, kitchen and guest bathroom with a garage as a utility. The upper level has three bedrooms around a wide landing, which means moving into the attic is also on the cards.

Fresh, clean and bright, this property is a 20-minute walk to Cork city and a five-minute drive to Douglas. Baltimore Lawn faces Knockrea Lawn and is on the city side of the main Douglas Road. Cohalan Downing and Associates are the selling agents and they are inviting offers in excess of €480,000.