Garden delight with Villa Maria

A GREAT, green and lush back garden comes with Villa Maria – a three-bed semi-d with original interiors, yet also in very well tended condition.

Setting is in the Rosebank estate, at the south Douglas Road end of this suburban park, with a chicane-like bend in its middle and speed bumps to deter traffic from using it as a car rat-run between the parallel Douglas roads.

Top prices here in Rosebank a couple of years ago went over €500,000 for a three-bed semi needing lots of work and getting an extension (one four-bed also went over that sum, and is currently getting a very considerable two-storey extension grafted on) – but the last sale of a three bed was in the low to mid-€300,000s.

Estate agent Billy Casey of Casey and Kingston sensibly guides Villa Maria at €330,000, now more or less the benchmark, sum for well-located older style three-bed semis in Cork city’s mature suburbs.

Villa Maria has been well-tended dand has PVC double glazing, fascias and soffits etc, and the detached side garage has electric doors.

The pristine back garden is long, quite wide, and is very private with clipped hedges, large hydrangeas, and drifts of lavender as well.

Internally, Villa Maria has two reception rooms, each with original tiled fireplaces (one with back boiler,) kitchen with Belfast sink and pantry, and overhead is a bathroom and three bedrooms, two of which have fireplaces and alcove wardrobes.