In cul-de-sac near playing fields

SET out at the far, suburban-end of the Boreenmanna Road, in Cork city, is Corvalley Court – with the rugby playing pitches of Cork Constitution behind, and the GAA pitch at Pairc Uí Rinn (Christy Ring) almost alongside.

Up for sale in the 20-plus-year-old development is number six, a semi-detached house with 950 sq ft of space, said to be in good overall condition, and carrying an asking price of €265,000, with estate agent Conor Smith, of Property Team O’Sullivan Estates.

He says it is in a quiet cul de sac, with a south-facing back garden with a view of some of Cork Con’s three playing pitches: the tranquillity just might be broken for a period on the odd Saturday morning.

Developer Owen O’Callaghan’s plans to relocate Cork Con to a green-field site hit some opposition from Cork City Council manager, Joe Gavin, while the club’s own plans for new facilities, at Ballyorban, Monkstown, also hit Bord Pleanála snags, with a legal row ensuing over the land purchase. As a result, any relocation plans are currently long-fingered, green (or seasonally muddy) pitches will remain behind Corvalley Court for some time to come.

Other sporting facilities: a tennis club on the Ballinlough Road, and pitch and putt, walks, a practice football pitch, and other amenities at the nearby Beaumont Quarry.

Number six, Corvalley Court, is pitched at first-time buyers, or possibly investors (it is currently rented) and has hall, good-sized (17’ by almost 12’) front sitting room, a rear kitchen/breakfast room, and three overhead bedrooms, plus bathroom.

Its spec is more or less of the time, so no en-suite bedroom, or guest loo downstairs, and heating is a dual mix of gas central heating, with solid-fuel back-up from the sitting room’s back-boiler.