Four-bed with stunning city views is ideal family home in modern estate

GREAT views of Cork city, especially with lights twinkling at night, come from the rear, bay-windowed dining area of 12 Silverlands, a great detached four-bed home of 2,000 sq ft in Maryborough Woods, Cork.

The Douglas home, built about 10 years ago, is on the market for €650,000 and is only the third in the section to come up for resale — and the last offering here 10 months ago sold in a week, notes estate agent Olivia O’Leary of Thomas J O’Driscoll & Co.

That was a five-bed, and made around €730,000 to a cash buyer, and the speed of its sale with a swift “take it or leave it” offer surprised those who thought they’d get a leisurely chance to bid, she adds.