A far from pedestrian property

ESTATE agents’ brochures invariably highlight the positives — but is a healthy 90-minute walk really going to sell a house? Or, is it telling us something about the way in which people may commute from their energy-saving homes in the future?

The distance from Church Hill, in Passage West, overlooking Cork harbour, back to Cork city centre, is given as 10kms, or just under six miles, by auctioneer Dan Howard, of Dooley and Howard, who himself lists the relevant attributes and setting of the big, newly-built one-off, number six, Árd Chuan.

But, then, a Daft website listing for number six estimates that it is a 90-minute walk to Cork city. Huh?