A semi in name: only garage joins houses

THOUGH semi-detached, these Kiltegan Lawn houses, in Cork, are joined only by their garages.

A design compromise when sites are tight, the layout means main reception rooms in the conjoined semis are not back-to-back. It all works a treat, unless the neighbour’s kids start a garage band, or convert garages to wreck-rooms/rec.rooms.

A new market arrival is number 43, Kiltegan Lawn, Rochestown, a right-hand semi with side access to the landscaped back garden.

With four bedrooms, and 1,340 sq ft of space, it carries a €335,000 asking price with Johnny O’Flynn, of Sherry FitzGerald, who says it is a bright home, with two reception rooms, oak kitchen with utility, and a ground-floor, guest WC, and an en-suite overhead.

Overall condition is excellent, the garage has conversion scope, the gardens are well planted up, and the back has a west-facing aspect for afternoon and evening sun.