Charming home has plenty to offer buyers

BUSY by day, surprisingly quiet at night, the Glasheen Rd/College Rd area isn’t all about students.

And now that towers of purpose-built accommodation iare providing undergraduates with all the comforts that cold-water flats can’t provide, this area of Cork city is experiencing a new lease of life.

In the case of No 5, St Clare’s Avenue, a link route between College and Magazine Road, it has always been a family home and retains some lovely features.

St Clare’s has some very salubrious properties and at the guide price of €495,000, No 5 provides an affordable entry level to a row with a couple of million-plus houses.

On the market with Declan Groeger of Clinch, Young and Groeger, he says the house has all the charm of a bygone era, while offering five-bed accommodation to families.

It’s bound to suit academics or medics, as the location makes its a two-minute walk to the Bons and UCC.

The house’s two formal reception rooms come with good Victorian slate fireplaces and original floorboards and both rooms interconnect through double doors: 9’ ceilings are standard.

The kitchen at the rear isn’t too small, but there is the option to extend into a rear annex that provides a fifth bedroom and bathroom.

The upper floor has four bedrooms, two with fireplaces and a main bathroom on the first floor return.

Parking is available at the rear and the house has gas heating installed.