Spectacular views of five counties a bonus with The Three Gables

THE view, the view, the view. Cork city’s down in a saucer-like setting, but you have to go up its surrounding hills to really appreciate it. The owners of The Three Gables know it better than most.

The big triple-gabled home is up on the broad curve of the Airport Hill where it wraps around towards the west and the setting sun. Thanks to the elevation, there are views of five Munster counties, reckons estate agent Denis Barrett, who knows the fields well having grown up in the parish. Presumably Clare is the Munster county just over his horizon.

Location is Lehenaghmore, above the western suburbs of Togher, Wilton and Bishopstown, five minutes from the airport and an ever quicker drive to the south ring road.

Three Gables has made the most of those views and setting: the vendors have not only sensibly put in a massive deck for entertaining and fresh air and sun taking at the westerns side, they’ve also put a first floor balcony on one of the three gables, accessed from one of the three upper level bedrooms, with separate external spiral stair access.

That railed main deck is the size of some house floor areas, with access from the main living room, and behind at this corner is a paved patio space as well, making for great useful outside ‘rooms.’

The main house is a six-bedroomed detached dormer family home, in very good order throughout, and it carries a €800,000 asking price with Denis Barrett.

Rooms include an entrance hall and main long internal hall, lounge and separate living room both with fireplaces, a kitchen off the living area via an arch, utility, ground floor master bedroom with en suite, two bedrooms, and main bathroom. Overhead are three bedrooms, one with dressing room/den, landing and another bathroom.

The property is on an easily accessible site of 0.9 of an acre, with a detached garage, small garden store and play areas, and has outside sensor lighting, and oil central heating. And views.