Bigger size means added value for desirable Carrigaline semi-d

MORE for your money. Not so long ago €345,000 would have got you a fairly standard three-bed semi-d in Co Cork’s Carrigaline commuter town.

Now, that sort of sum will get you a four-bed semi-d on what is the house equivalent of body-building steroids – complete with air-conditioning throughout.

Stand up No 11 Ferndale, a hugely altered take on the original McInerney builders plan.

This house started life as a three-bed, but has shot up in size and stature, with a fourth bedroom added on upstairs as part of a fairly sizeable extension, but one which has retained the garage underneath as well.

The owner is in the building services business, hence the surprise addition of air-con in nearly every room – so keeping your cool in uncertain economic times can be a given. Selling agent is Dan Howard of Dooley and Howard, who says it must be one of the very best semis in Carrigaline, at a good value €345k price.

He says it has a great internal specification, with two reception rooms, one of them 21’ by 10’, there’s a good kitchen with cream units and granite tops and dining room off, a guest WC, and a utility off a lounge, with good access points to the raised decked rear patio with lots of space for outdoor eating and cooking with a built-in barbecue on hand.

The back garden, somewhat truncated by the additional building works, includes a detached playroom/home office, and there’s side access to this garden space.

No 11 Ferndale has been kept well up to spec, with extras like oak floors and doors upstairs, the master bedroom is en suite with a walk-in wardrobe, heating is via gas, and in terms of location it is a popular residential choice, on the Cork side of Carrigaline.