Quality finish at four-bed semi

WITH one down, there’s another along in hot pursuit in Cork’s Limetrees/Maryborough estate for those on the lookout for solid four-bed semis.

Newly up for sale is 57 Maryborough Avenue within the Limetrees location which links the Rochestown Road to Maryborough Hill.

In perfect nick inside and out, it has a €535,000 asking price with Dennis Guerin of Frank V Murphy & Co auctioneers.

He has just closed the sale of 25 Limetrees Road, also a four-bed semi-detached house of similar vintage, but in need of more work to bring up to a modern specification. That one made €540,000 because of its extra large back garden and extension potential, said Mr Guerin.

Its buyer is presumably planning to spend further, but there’s little to do or change in 57 Maryborough Avenue, which faces onto a public green.

It has quality finishes, such as an oak hall floor, slate floor in the guest loo, two interlinked reception rooms both with marble fireplaces, is a fine, separate to the smaller 14’ by 8’ kitchen/diner with solid oak units and a slate floor.

Overhead are four bedrooms, several with extensive built-ins, and a main family bathroom.

There’s already a garage here, to the side and rear, the back garden is smart and easy to keep with secure boundaries and patio area, and heating is via oil.