€450,000 ‘walk-in job’ is no run of the mill at meticulous Maryville

GETTING a parental dig-out from the folks to get on to the housing ladder is nothing new — fathers and mothers have been helping out for generations, and some have been wealthy enough to give the equivalent of a property inheritance even before they die.

That was the case in Cork’s Ballintemple suburb several centuries ago, when a wealthy family. the Linseys. gave fine large ‘new’ (now period) houses to each of the three daughters, the houses being called Lindville, Janeville and Maryville.

All three have had new development encroach on the originals, and all three are considered ‘good addresses’ ever since.