Renovating as it should be done

ITCHY building fingers were behind Bydon Lodge some 14 years ago, and now the vendor has repeated — and excelled — himself again.

This five-bed, well-finished and detailed home of 2,500 sq ft is on a quarter acre suburban site off Cork’s Glasheen Road. The site and gardens had been even bigger, but now half of it is given over to an even more lavish new home.

Moving “over the wall” is the reason why Bydon Lodge is coming up for sale, listed with estate agent Lucy Wolfe, who seeks offers around €820,000: the size of house, quality of build, and location just in a cul de sac opposite St Joseph’s Cemetery near Wilton, shops, hospitals and colleges will bring on sure-footed demand.