Close to home and within reach of first-time buyers

IT might sound like the name of a Korean military leader, but Sun Nook Park is actually a lot closer to home – for Cork house hunters at least.

Newly listed for sale with Johnny O’Flynn of Sherry FitzGerald auctioneers is Killinear, a mature bungalow home within an easy walk of the city centre, just off the Boreenmanna Road by the Glenanaar Bar.

He guides it at €315,000, which he says reflects the current property market reality, and it previously had been on the market with different agents at the start of this year, with a €450,000 price tag attached to it.

At €315,000, it is within reach of some first-time buyers, as well as traders down who might want to be within a walk of the city centre, and yet have all their living accommodation on one level.

Needing updating, but with central heating and double glazing in place and with underpinning work done on the foundations, Killinear has around 1,100 sq ft of space. It has three bedrooms and a living room to the front right corner, with original tiled fireplace and bay window, while a front bedroom off to the left of the parquet-floored hall also has a bay window. There’s two more rear bedrooms with rear kitchen/dining room in a part-extension.

The back of the house has a west/south-west aspect, with walled gardens, a glasshouse, shed and outbuildings. There’s a lawned and walled front garden.