Greenways may be the ‘classiest semi-d in town’

“THE classiest semi-d in town,” says the selling agent of Greenways, a period, early 1900s home on one of the best stretches of Cork’s Blackrock Road, right next to Lindville in Ballintemple.

Back on the market after an underpinning job, eight months after its first offering for years, it also has had a price reduction. An immaculate three-storey, four-bed home that’s a pleasure to view, Greenways has more than 1,700 sq ft of space, has scope for side/rear extension, but is perfect as it stands.

Auctioneer Brian Olden of Cohalan Downing relaunches Greenways to the spring market when its gardens don’t look as fetching as they did on first outing in June 2009, but you can imagine how they’ll blossom over the next few months. Price is 625,000, from last year’s €695,000, and it was selling around that level until the underpinning issue cropped up. It can’t have been too bad, the original plasterwork shows little if any sign of any strain or movement.