Time to get giddy, think of kiddy, funky garden will play to child in you

A SPARK of imagination, and a good eye, has lifted the detached home 58 Westwood out of the ordinary.

Being sold by a family keen to trade up, this Ballea Road, Carrigaline Co Cork property is a place with an assured individual stamp, yet one which is going to have wide appeal for new owners.

Word of warning, though: if you bring kids to see this, you’ll have no option but to buy it: the back garden is funky in a child-friendly way, and kids will have to be dragged out of it.

Laid out with a few simple sunken play areas, it makes a bit of an outdoor design statement, while still fuelling fantasy play thoughts in a Tellytubby sort of way.

The good news is the price for what’s on offer isn’t exorbitant. Dan Howard of Dooley and Howard seeks €425,000 for the quality four-bed detached with 1,700 sq ft as it stands, and with full planning secured two years ago for a further 750 sq ft attic conversion to create a spacious master bedroom suite.

An architect or designer’s hand and eye is evident in the adaptation of this estate home, and the house was built about seven years ago, and has been extremely well-kept and kitted out since.

Extra features include CAT 5 cabling for high-speed IT links, and a brick paved front drive and landscaped gardens.

Location is just on the Cork side of Carrigaline, with west facing green valley views from that sparky back garden’s patio and play areas.

Inside, the ground floor has interconnecting sitting and dining rooms, with wood floors, porcelain-tiled kitchen with sleek units in cherry and with a family den off it, and there’s also a study, utility and guest WC.

Upstairs, the master bedroom is en suite, and the plans for the attic conversion will tempt parents who literally want to get away from it all, in a top-notch setting, with the kids sorted out on the lower level and in that great, safe back garden.