You won’t find a better location

PERFECT pitch, really. Easier living beckons in an address like Belvedere Lawn, between the two Douglas roads in Cork city.

A new market arrival is No 6, a three-bed semi-detached dating to the mid-1900s, with location in spades and a 60ft-long back garden, leaving room for spade work with a builder, or for children to really dig in and play.

Douglas village — with two shopping centres and numerous retail distractions — is just a five-minute walk away, there are secondary schools fore and aft (Regina Mundi, a community school, Christ the King, plus a raft of national schools), sports facilities and a clutch of local shops. But the really handy thing is that it is on the city side of Douglas.

Malcolm Tyrrell of Cohalan Downing is selling the property with a €450,000 asking price, and he stresses its sound build, site size and location. However, with a small kitchen, a new owner will want to extend, alter or knock rooms together, and the price reflects this, he says.

There are two reception rooms, a breakfast room, a kitchenette opening to a small sun room, three bedrooms, bathroom, gas heating and an attached garage.