Pick of the bunch at former fruit farm

TWO detached houses on the grounds of a former fruit farm in Carriganarra, Co Cork, offer a ‘pick your own’ option to trader-uppers.

Nos 2 and 33 Limeworth are just on the market with Rachel Fay of Sherry FitzGerald and are perfectly placed on the Ballincollig bypass for commuters.

Both houses are within walking distance of local schools and the Ballincollig retail park is just across the road.

A development of 36 house on a nine acre site, this estate is close to the Killumney road, but is also bounded by farmland.

No 2 is set at the beginning of the estate and has a corner site while the house offers just over 2,000 square feet of space. It’s on the market for offers in the region of €775,000 and comes with five bedrooms.

The ground floor offers a lounge, dining room, family room and kitchen with utility. On the market with vacant possession, it comes with a maple kitchen and solid wooden floors, while two of its three bedrooms are en suite. Bedrooms four and five share a bathroom and the house also has a main bathroom.

No 33, meanwhile, hits the market fully finished, down to the patio, landscaping and cobble lock driveway, and also comes with a sunroom addition.

This is part of a free flow kitchen/diner/living space, with double doors connecting to a more formal living room. Floored in solid mahogany and with similar internal joinery, the room has extra high ceilings and a marble fireplace. Across the hallway, there’s a second reception room with similar fittings.

The kitchen is in solid maple with an elaborate island unit, separate larder unit and matching dresser. Worktops are solid granite and the utility is similarly finished, with bin for central vacuum system.

Wired for surround sound, with underfloor heating and a pressurised gas system, the house has 2,400 square feet of space and has four, en suite bedrooms.

It comes on the market fully finished and all floors have underfloor heating. The attic is floored for storage and the sale includes a block-built shed. There’s a double driveway at the front for off-street parking.

The guide price is €1.2 million, again through Rachel Fay of Sherry FitzGerald.