Westwood wows, without wabbit

THE sale sign hadn’t even gone up, and already estate agent Dan Howard had a nibble. Only problem was, it wasn’t from a bidder or a buyer — but from a bunny.

Setting out the selling details and strategy with the owners of the four-bed semi at 46 Westwood, Carrigaline, the Cork auctioneer felt immediate activity afoot: the owners’s family pet, a large white rabbit, had started feasting on his not-so square feet.

So, credentials established, this is a family home going up for sale, minus the family pet. Even the back garden adds to the picture, complete with slide, trampoline, play house, basketball hoop — and hutch.

Putting on his sales hat, and looping bunny ears back in his laces, the Dooley and Howard agent says buyers here will be getting a four-bed home in smart order throughout for the price of what three beds have been selling at up to very recently.

Rooms include a wood-floored hall with guest WC off, an 18’ by 11’ living room, a slightly smaller play room, a kitchen/dining room with maple units, and four overhead bedrooms, all with wooden floors, plus one en suite and a main bathroom as well.

No 46 has an easy keep exterior, with brick and dash and double glazed PVC windows, gas heating, off street parking with front lawn, and secure back garden.