Reduced guide price for spacious Glanmire property

HERE’S another one for the ‘dropped in price’ list: Coolgreen at Kilcoolishel, Glanmire, Cork.

Originally launched in June of 2007, (just as the chill winds started to blow), the property carried a guide of €950,000.

It was withdrawn from sale and is now back on the market again, but this time with a reduced guide figure of € 850,000.

Back in 2007, the guide price was regarded as a starting point — nowadays it’s the ideal for a vendor and lucky and rare the person who achieves in excess of that given sum.

At Coolgreen, there’s the option to spend the difference on a complete makeover.

The property, which is a 1960s build, has full planning permission, not just for an extension, but for a full facelift.

Standing on a large mature site and in a quiet and exclusive area, Coolgreen is perfectly fine as is, but does have the added extra for buyers looking for more space.

Billy Casey of Casey and Kingston is the selling agent and says the house has to be seen to appreciate the south-facing location and the half acre of gardens.

It has a great, double width drawing room with windows overlooking the lower harbour, (and soaking up sun) and there’s a tiered wooden deck for outdoor entertaining.

The house is cleverly designed so that functional rooms are to the north with the living rooms facing south and running east to west.

There’s a sweeping driveway to the front, with large double garage and workshop to the side, and at the rear, the gardens are terraced with beds, lawn and a separate croquet lawn.

Inside, the double width drawing room leads through to the large, kitchen/ diner with sun room extension and it has an adjoining utility with boiler room.

Overhead, there’s a master suite, three double bedrooms with built-ins and a main bathroom.

As it stands now, the house has more than enough space for a family, but as the picture above shows, it has the potential to be something completely different.