Blooming great property offering at Daffodil Fields

NOW’S the time for planting bulbs for spring-flowering varieties such as daffodils. Hoping for early green shoots in their own patch of ground are the vendors of 38 Daffodil Fields in Cork.

Their detached four-bed family home has had an extra design input to lift its head above the norm. It’s a walk-in job, and at an asking price of €455,000 is expected to have new occupants in situ when the real daffs bloom in a few months time.

Selling agent for the family home on the city end of Ballincollig is Con Nagle of Global Properties’ local office in the thriving satellite town, who says the interior design gives it an extra lift.

He describes the location as a mature residential one, and that’s the way it feels, even though only developed in the mid-1990s: it was Fleming Construction’s first scheme in the greater Cork area, and sold extremely well. It was built in the daffodil strewn fields surrounding an old farmhouse at Poulavone.

No 38 overlooks a green area, and the decor is an unusual mix of bright and modern, with a doff of the cap to the antique period as well. in fact, the formal 14’ by 12’ reception room with its pink walls, dark furniture, family photographs and fireplace recalls the parlours of old.

There’s also a narrow study/family room, fitted kitchen with separate dining room and that latter room has archway access to a sun room to the rear overlooking the private back garden, and the room has woodsheeted ceilings with a Velux.

The ground floor space is rounded off by a utility and guest WC, while overheard are four bedrooms, one with en suite, and main bathroom.

The gardens are walled in, and the back has a patio and two sheds.